Sarah Helm was a reporter on the SUNDAY TIMES and Diplomatic Editor for the INDEPENDENT before becoming Jerusalem and then Brussels correspondent for the same paper. Now a freelance writer, Sarah was invited to undertake this project by the family of Vera Atkins.
It is a testament to Helm s detective skills that she has marshalled evidence to refute the various suppositions about Atkins, presenting a truth more surprising and more compelling than the numerous fictions constructed about this dedicated, if flawed, intelligence officer WATERSTONE S BOOKS QUARTERLY What makes the book as fascinating as the best of thrillers is that at every stage we know as much as she does, tracking Vera down clue by clue, contact by contact . . . It makes compulsive reading Peter Lewis, DAILY MAIL She has now written a truly stunning book - quite the best by a non-veteran of secret warfare . . . If any young reader wonders why the bunting and the occasional tear this VE Day, I recommend this book John Crossland, SUNDAY TIMES Carefully researched and engaging biography Paul Laity, NEW STATESMAN Fascinating account of the life of Vera Atkins SUNDAY EXPRESS Pick of the Week Sarah Helm reveals a woman whose aloofness obscured an exotic hidden past MAIL ON SUNDAY Helm discovers Atkins own dark secrets. The strength of Helm s biography is her refusal to portray Atkins as hero or victim. She emerges as a woman of contradictions, shaped by the vagaries of history. Many former colleagues describe her as cold and distant, while others see her as a great unsung heroine INDEPENDENT Original and intriguing . . . The core of this c
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