Author: Winspear, Jacqueline
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 352
Release Date: 08-02-2022
Part Number: 9780062868015
Details: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.
October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, heโs shocked to come face to face with the killer.
Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: sheโs working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes sheโs been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to killโreasons that go back to the last war.
As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britainโs intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackettโs state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the โseries that seems to get better with every entryโ (Wall Street Journal).
EAN: 9780062868015
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Languages: English
