The Spymaster's Mistress: A Novel

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At the height of the American Revolution, seventeen-year-old Rachel must flee her home in New York City to escape the imminent British invasion. She settles with her aunt and uncle in Philadelphiawhich is still free, but soon falls into enemy hands. There, an old friend from New York, Alexander Hamilton, approaches her and asks her to become an American spy.

Rachel chooses Captain John Andr, a high-ranking British officer, as her target. He eventually breaks down and gives her military secrets; and Rachel, week after week, finds her way through the streets of Philadelphia every Saturday after religious services to deliver coded letters to Will, a fellow spy. Is she being followed Will her victim learn of her espionage She recalls Hamilton's warning: If caught, you will hang.

Author Bio

Pamela R. Winnick, an award-winning journalist, is a graduate of Columbia University Schools of Journalism and Law. A former reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, her articles have appeared in such national outlets of the Wall Street Journal. Her short stories have been published in a variety of literary journals. The seeds of this novel were planted when her father told her that Jews fought in the American Revolution. She was only six, but never forgot it. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA.