The German Girl: Gripping and unputdownable World War 2 fiction (The Monika Ritter Series Book 1) by Eoin Dempsey

Author:Eoin Dempsey [Dempsey, Eoin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

After a few days recovering at the camp in Catoctin, Monika packed up her bags and left the barracks she’d lived in for the previous three months. The air was cold as she stepped outside. She was glad not to be training here as the weather changed. It was hard enough in the warmth of autumn, but it might have been unbearable in the cold of winter. She could only imagine crawling through freezing cold mud as the instructors shot live rounds over the recruits’ heads. She was destined for warmer climes, thankful the Germans had decided to land in Florida, not Maine.

Monika took the last 15 minutes in the camp to walk around alone. She wouldn’t miss being here but wanted to pay homage to the place. Otto was waiting by their barracks. She had spoken to him a little the previous day. It would have been an exaggeration to say they’d formed a friendship, but she knew him somewhat now. He was amusing and intelligent. He was being posted to London in a few weeks.

A truck pulled up, and Brinkley, the man who’d driven her back from the police station two nights before, jumped out.

Albarn and Shipley walked up a few seconds later. Shipley shook her hand—no words of contrition or congratulations, just a handshake. He handed her a backpack with her IDs and other fake papers inside. “The money’s in a pouch at the front,” he said. Look after it.”

Monika took the backpack and checked the front pouch. Two wads of $100 bills sat there. She picked one up and examined it. She had never seen so much money in her life, let alone held it.

“Ritter, I have something for you,” Albarn said. He reached into his pocket and handed her one of the slim fighting knives he’d designed. “It’s a good one. It won’t let you down. Remember—no mercy in the field. It’s kill or be killed.”

Monika took the knife and held it up. “Thank you. I won’t let you down.”

“Good luck,” the Englishman said.

She climbed into the truck and left Camp Catoctin for the last time.

She and Otto arrived at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia as the afternoon faded. Brinkley dropped them off at the central administrative building, where a young officer who introduced himself as Ward greeted them with enthusiastic handshakes and led them into a debriefing room.

“We leave port on Thursday morning and sail down to the meeting point.” He picked up the piece of paper on the desk in front of him. “I believe it’s set at Crescent Beach, just north of the small town of Marineland on Florida’s Atlantic Coast. It’s lovely down there. Have you ever been?”

“I haven’t had the pleasure,” Monika replied with a smile.

“A lovely lady like you will fit right in.”

Monika ignored the comment. She stayed quiet as the young naval officer led them through the bustling base to the submarine docks.

“Have you done a night landing before?”

“Not from a submarine,” Otto replied. “But I assume it’s the same as from a regular boat.

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