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Re Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II. By William Stevenson as posted above, I can't comment on that book but I have read another book on Vera Atkins:
A Life in Secrets
Sarah Helm
Alas it's not on special, nor even cheap, but as per the blurb it 'stripped away Vera’s many veils and -- with unprecedented access to official and private papers, and the cooperation of Vera’s relatives -- vividly reconstructed an extraordinary life.'
Whilst Atkins was a highly respected SOE member she performed administrative functions and did not go on any missions for SOE. Where she came into her own was immediately after the war finished and she went to Germany to find out what had happened to twelve of the women agents whose whereabouts were unknown. As Atkins discovers, the facts surrounding their captivity and subsequent deaths are disturbingly shocking and yet she finds the courage to continue to pursue the perpetrators and ensure that they are brought to justice.
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