Books by Author Maryka Biaggio

Maryka Biaggio, 2022

The Model Spy is based on the true story of Toto Koopman, who spied for the Allies and Italian Resistance during World War II. Toto was arguably the first woman to spy for the British Intelligence Service. Operating in the hotbed of Mussolini's Italy, she courted danger every step of the way. As the war entered its final stages, she faced off against the most brutal of forces—Germany's Intelligence Service, the Abwehr.

Maryka Biaggio, 2021

The Point of Vanishing is based on the true story of child prodigy writer Barbara Follett, who had all the makings of promise and success. At age twelve she published her first novel to broad acclaim. But when tragedy struck the family, Barbara floundered. On a December night in 1939 Barbara fought with her husband and stormed out of their Boston home, never to be heard from again. Novelist Maryka Biaggio provides a captivating account of Barbara's enigmatic life—and disappearance.

Maryka Biaggio, 2013

It’s 1887, and eighteen-year-old May Dugas has ventured to Chicago in hopes of earning enough money to support her family. But when circumstances force her to take up residence in the city’s most infamous bordello, she uses her feminine wiles to extract not only sidelong glances but also large sums of money from the men she encounters. Insinuating herself into high society, May lands a well-to-do fiancé—until, that is, a Pinkerton detective named Reed Doherty intervenes.