Code Name Funnel Web

What if the only way to save your brother’s life was to become a spy?

1940, Sydney.

World War II is raging across the globe. But so far, Frances Davies has managed to avoid the firsthand toils of combat. That all changes when her brother, Thomas, is reported MIA in Singapore.

Frankie meets Leo, a boat-loving immigrant from Italy, and they fall in love. Local attitudes and something more sinister tear them apart. When he is detained as a prisoner-of-war, she can no longer stand by.

Under the direction of a shadowy British intelligence officer, Frankie agrees to become a covert agent for the Resistance, code-named Funnel Web—like the infamous arachnids of her homeland.

Behind enemy lines, Frankie must survive Nazi-occupied Paris, gulag-infested Eastern Europe, and treachery-laden Asia with instructions to ensnare her targets by any means necessary.

To save Thomas and help defeat the Axis powers, Frankie must navigate a gnarled web of duplicitous alliances and dangerous romances—all the while attempting to salvage some semblance of her humanity.

How entangled will she become in her own web of spies?

About the Author

Camille Booker is a multi-award-winning author with numerous accolades in writing competitions across Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. She is also an editor, literary judge, creative writing teacher, and PhD student. She writes gothic historical fiction with morally grey female protagonists and unique Australian settings.

She has a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and is currently pursuing her PhD, also in Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong. Her thesis aims to explore how contemporary novels are embracing the figure of the witch to reveal power structures within society. When she’s not writing, you can find Camille scavenging for sea glass on the shoreline of Dharawal Country, where she resides with her family.