{"product_id":"the-charitzs-spy-christian-hardinghaus-9798248913510","title":"The Charité Spy: A WWII Conspiracy Thriller Based on True Events","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe risked everything to stop Hitler. Then history erased her.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBASED ON TRUE EVENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlin, 1943. Inside the legendary Charité hospital, Lily Hartmann learns a brutal truth: healing can be treason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she meets Fritz Kolbe-a quiet Foreign Ministry clerk with access to the Reich's most classified secrets-Lily is pulled into a war fought in whispers, photographs, and stolen files. Kolbe will soon become one of the Allies' most valuable sources, smuggling over 1,600 Nazi documents to Allen Dulles in Switzerland-intelligence that can shorten the war and save thousands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Charité, a discreet circle forms around the world-famous surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch. Under the cover of wards, lectures, and night shifts, doctors sabotage Nazi plans, protect the hunted, and move couriers through a city crawling with informers. Lily becomes Kolbe's lifeline-and as their bond deepens into love, her choices turn fatal. Because in Hitler's Berlin, the Gestapo doesn't just arrest traitors. It erases them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the failed July 20 plot, the net tightens. Bombs fall. Friends vanish. And every hand-off could be their last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwitzerland, 1974. Lily hasn't spoken about the war in thirty years-not about Kolbe, not about Sauerbruch's circle, not about what they did. Then an American journalist knocks on her door with questions no outsider should know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome secrets were buried for a reason. Others deserve to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Alice Network\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003ewith a darker, faster espionage edge.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CHARITÉ SPY\u003c\/b\u003e is a historical spy thriller \u003cb\u003eBASED ON TRUE EVENTS\u003c\/b\u003e, featuring real figures including Fritz Kolbe, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, and Allen Dulles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 1\u003c\/b\u003e in the \u003cb\u003eCITIES OF SHADOW\u003c\/b\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Hardinghaus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248913510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Christian Hardinghaus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623597322495,"sku":"9798248913510","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90e928a0-9c80-4ca0-b249-d453e7b9a3a0.jpg?v=1780433473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-charitzs-spy-christian-hardinghaus-9798248913510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}