Escape by Night
By: by Alice Anson.
Series: Cupples and Leon Mystery Stories for Girls
Publisher: Cupples & Leon Co.
Published: 1941
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile mystery fiction
First sentence: There was no one else in the music shop when the plump stranger entered, and the young clerk sprang to attention.
Description: Little does Wendy Ralston realize that when she reopens Edgewater Inn as a summer resort in Wisconsin that she is setting into motion a chain of momentous events that have a bearing on the fate of our entire nation.

Unknown to her, half of her guests are Nazi agents whose sole purpose is to sabotage docks and factories.  Almost too late Wendy discovers a terrible plot designed to cripple vital industries in the middle west.  Before she can warn the authorities she is captured.  But Wendy shows the dauntless courage of our American girls and makes a thrilling escape.  She contacts the G-men and the plotters are apprehended.

This is an up-to-the-minute story, cast against present-day events.  You will not want to put this book down once you start it.  Its sheer drama, suspense, and vitality will hold the reader spellbound.