Mini Review: So, you know how I was so happy that Stratton entered the picture again in the previous book? Well, he doesn’t appear here at all, so I was really irritated. As Maisie’s inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, another mother is worried about a missing son-but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie. With Britons facing what has become known as “the Bore War”-nothing much seems to have happened yet-Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a “hush-hush” government contract. Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Spring 1940. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #14) As always, the history really shines in this series, and I found myself so worried for the characters we’ve come to know and love over the years as WWII begins. I was thrilled to hear of Inspector Stratton again (more please!!), and I thought the mystery was mostly compelling and easy to follow.
Mini Review: I really enjoyed this entry in the Maisie Dobbs series. *** this post contains affiliate links *** My copy came from: I borrowed the hardback from my local library. Britain is approaching its gravest hour - and Maisie could be nearing a crossroads of her own. They know only that her name is Anna.Īs Maisie’s search for the killer escalates, the country braces for what is to come. The little girl billeted at Maisie’s home in Kent does not, or cannot, speak, and the authorities do not know who the child belongs to or who might have put her on the “Operation Pied Piper” evacuee train. 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.
In a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters and the threat of invasion, within days another former Belgian refugee is found murdered. 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.
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’ flat to await her return. Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Sunday September 3rd 1939. In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #13)
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