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Britain is at war. Returned from a dangerous mission onto enemy soil and having encountered an old enemy and the Fuhrer himself along the way, Maisie Dobbs is fully aware of the gravity of the current situation and how her world is on the cusp of great change. One of those changes can be seen in the floods of refugees that are arriving in Britain, desperate for sanctuary from the approaching storm of war. When Maisie stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may have been more than ordinary people, she is drawn into an investigation that requires all her insight and strength.
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A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander. --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's "Fresh Air""
A series that seems to get better with every entry. --Tom Nolan, "Wall Street Journal""
With clarity and economy, Winspear lays the historical groundwork . The setting matters, but what may matter more is the lovely, sometimes poetic way Winspear pushes her heroine forward . May she shine on the literary scene for many books to come. --Robin Bianco, "USA Today," 3.5 out of 4 stars"
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Sunday, September 3rd, 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain's declaration of war with Germany, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs's flat to await her return. Dr. Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as a boy some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War.
Within days, in a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters, and the threat of invasion, another former Belgian refugee is found murdered. And as Maisie delves deeper into the killings of the dispossessed from the "last war," a new kind of refugee--an evacuee from London--appears in Maisie's life. The little girl billeted at Maisie's home in Kent does not, or cannot, speak, and the authorities do not know whom the child belongs to or who might have put her on the "Operation Pied Piper" evacuee train. They know only that her name is Anna.
As Maisie's search for the killer escalates, the country braces for what is to come. Britain is approaching its gravest hour--and Maisie could be nearing a crossroads of her own.
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- PublisherAllison & Busby
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0749021802
- ISBN 13 9780749021801
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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