I am a big fan of Stephanie Landsem and have enjoyed all of her books. This new one does not disappoint. I thoroughly enjoyed it and my only complaint is that I read it too quickly. I could not put it down.

This book is a historical novel taking place in the early 1930's. Liesl is a woman whose husband has disappeared, she has two children to raise and also lives with her mother and brother, who rely on her. This is during the great depression. Liesl is of German heritage and she is fluent in that language as well as English.
Liesl loses her job and is offered the opportunity to make a lot more money, being a spy.

This was way before my time of course and I have read extensively on Hitler and the extermination of the Jewish people and all of the horrors in Germany, but I had no idea that a movement was also being fed here in the U.S. with the same sentiments, brought here by Hitler's men. Liesl works for Leon Lewis, a real person who was working hard, with his undercover agents, to infiltrate these horrible organizations that existed in Los Angeles. Liesl is one of his agents.

This book was about being human. It was about relationships and how they can be damaged. It was about doing what was right, even at risk of your own life. This book was about revealing the evil that came from Nazi Germany. It has some good lessons that we could learn from in our society today. We can see how people can be drawn into supporting evil, even if they are not evil people. It is also about family and love and new beginnings.

One of the things I love about Stephanie Landsem's books is that her characters are real and you can identify with them in many ways and see yourself and others in them, good and bad. No one is all one or the other.

This book was filled with suspense, danger (a little romance) and the ending was perfect.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Tyndale House for allowing me an early read of this novel.

Set in the days of the Great Depression, this is the story of a young woman named Liesl Weiss, a single mom and sole support of her children, her mother, and her brother. She is recruited as a spy by Leon Lewis, a Jewish lawyer who has watched Hitler’s rise to power with great alarm.

Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem is based on a true story of a group of amateur spies who discovered Hitler’s plans to take over Hollywood. Well written, tense, and powerful, Code Name Edelweiss is full of important lessons we in the 21st century need to learn and remember.

Many thanks to Tyndale and Net Galley for my copy of this book. The opinions are my own.

Code Name Edelweiss is a beautifully written historical novel based on true events. It was an interesting glimpse into pre WWII era Hollywood and the prevalence of the spread of nazism. I love Liesl’s strong character, her love for her family, and her struggle to do what is right. Some parts of the story seemed like a lot of internal dialogue and not enough action, but overall the story flowed well and was difficult to put down.