Anne Blankman

Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke Anne Blankman

Publisher Marketing: In this thrilling sequel to "Prisoner of Night and Fog, "Gretchen and Daniel must uncover dark secrets and revisit old enemies to unravel a dangerous conspiracy. In 1930s Oxford, the days are long and pleasant, the people simple and straightforward. Except for one. The girl known as Gretchen Whitestone has a secret: she used to be part of Adolf Hitler s inner circle. More than a year after she made an enemy of her old family friend and fled Munich, she lives with a kindly English family and is preparing to graduate from high school. Her love, Daniel Cohen, is a reporter in town. For the first time in her life, Gretchen is content. But when Daniel gets a telegram that sends him back to Germany, Gretchen s world turns upside down. And when she receives word that Daniel is wanted for murder, she has to face the danger she thought she d escaped and return to her homeland. Gretchen must do everything she can to avoid capture, even though saving Daniel will mean consorting with her former friends, the Nazi elite. And as they work to clear Daniel s name, Gretchen and Daniel discover a deadly conspiracy stretching from the slums of Berlin to the Reichstag itself. Can they dig up the explosive truth and get out in time or will Hitler discover them first?" Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2015 (EAN 9780062278845, Hardcover) School Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 149 (EAN 9780062278845, Hardcover) Booklist 03/01/2015 pg. 53 (EAN 9780062278845, Hardcover) Romantic Times 04/01/2015 pg. 32 (EAN 9780062278845, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 (EAN 9780062278845, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Blankman, Anne Anne Blankman is the acclaimed author of Prisoner of Night and Fog, which received a starred review and a Flying Start from Publishers Weekly. When Anne was twelve, she read Anne Frank's diary and has been haunted by World War II ever since. The idea for Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke came to her after she read about a real-life unsolved street assassination from January 1933, which was the inspiration for Monika Junge's murder. To research this book, she studied a wide range of sources, including biographies, memoirs, social histories, psychological profiles, old maps, photographs, and video footage. Anne lives in southeastern Virginia with her husband, Mike, her young daughter, Kirsten, and, of course, lots and lots of books.