Maisie Dobbs is plunged into a treacherous personal battle when she stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may not be who they seem against a backdrop of the outbreak of World War II in England. By the best-selling author of <IT>Journey to Munich<RO>. - (Baker & Taylor)
When listeners last heard Maisie Dobbs, it was 1938, and the world was on the brink of war. Maisie herself was on a dangerous mission inside Nazi Germany, where she encountered an old enemy and the Fuhrer himself. In In This Grave Hour, a year has passed, and Maisie is back home in England - yet neither she nor her nation is safe. Britain has just declared war on Germany and is mobilizing for the devastating battle ahead. But when she stumbles on the deaths of a group of refugees, Maisie suspects the enemy may be closer than anyone knows. - (Baker & Taylor)
Just after England declares war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs stumbles on the deaths of a group of refugees, prompting her suspicions that the enemy is closer than anyone knows. - (Baker & Taylor)
<p><strong>"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." </strong><strong>—</strong><strong> Maureen Corrigan, NPR's <em>Fresh Air</em>, on Maisie Dobbs</strong></p><p> 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' 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. </p><p> In a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters and the threat of invasion, within days 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 who 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.</p><p> 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.</p> - (HARPERCOLL)
<p><strong>"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." </strong><strong>'</strong><strong> Maureen Corrigan, NPR's <em>Fresh Air</em>, on Maisie Dobbs</strong></p><p> 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' 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. </p><p> In a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters and the threat of invasion, within days 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 who 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.</p><p> 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.</p> - (HARPERCOLL)