ZigZag: the incredible wartime exploits of double agent Eddie Chapman. Nicholas Booth. 2011.

The most remarkable double agent of World War II, Eddie Chapman was witty, handsome and charming. He was also a womanizer, a con man and a thief. British military intelligence, MI5, called him ZigZag, and he proved to be one of their most valued agents. The Abwehrn- German military int - called him Fritzchen and counted him among their most trusted spies. 

For three years, Eddie Chapman played a dangerous double game to help the Allies win the war. Enlisted by the Abwehrnand dropped back into Britain, Chapman had orders to blow up the De Havilland aircraft factory, the source of the Mosquito bombers that were wreaking devastation across Germany. How he and MI5 convinced the Germans that he had accomplished his mission stands as one of history’s greatest acts of counterintelligence. The story of his extraordinary double life long remained untold, thwarted by then official Secrets Act. But now all the records - including his MI5;file - have been released, paving the way for this book.