SYNOPSIS

“Into the Lions’ den I go…”

Betty Floyd’s uncle risked his life when he signed the Declaration of Independence, yet she epitomizes British loyalty and social grace in 1779. Attempting to ignore the war, she attends New York’s balls and soirees with the Crown’s officers, but the city is a dangerous place for someone with Patriot ties. When a soldier she has befriended is murdered at a British prison, Betty is driven to choose sides and join General Washington’s covert spy group, the Culper Ring.

Her social calendar provides the perfect backdrop to dance with the enemy, and she catches the eye of the charming Major John André, Britain’s Director of Intelligence. Garnering timely information for the Patriots becomes a never-ending balancing act, amid a heightened collision between her duty to her country and her deepening feelings for André. When the slightest misstep could expose her and the entire Ring, a traitorous plot conducted by Benedict Arnold unfolds, and Betty is led to the very brink of death. Will she outwit the enemy, or will her flirtations with danger cost her everything?

REVIEW

To Outwit Them All contains maps, sketches, and portraits of some of the key players in the Revolutionary War and signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Although we do not know the real name of the Culper Ring Spy #355, history records the things she did as one of the first American spies.

The story drew me in from the first page and kept my interest until the very end.

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