Booklist Reviews
It's September 3, 1939, the exact day that England declares war on Germany, following the Nazi invasion of Poland. Meanwhile, Maisie Dobbs, the psychologist and private investigator, is asked by British Intelligence to find out who killed a Belgian man who immigrated to England during WWI. When another man is killed (he's also a Belgian refugee), Maisie begins to suspect that the murders have something to do with events that took place more than two decades earlier. This is the thirteenth in the Dobbs series, and even as the time frame has moved through the first war and the years between the wars, Winspear has continued to explore the aftermath of the nightmare that was WWI—the effects the conflict had on people and society. She does so again here, just as the world takes its first steps into another devastating global conflict. It's a fine novel, written with Winspear's sure hand and ability to meld historical events into an engaging crime narrative. Fans will savor this one as they anticipate what Maisie will do in WWII. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.
Library Journal Reviews
Maisie Dobbs, a World War I nurse-turned-psychologist and investigator, traveled to 1938 Germany on her last outing, Journey to Munich, which debuted at No. 4 on the New York Times best sellers list. Here, Britain has just declared war on Germany, and the death of a group of refugees has Maisie wondering just how close to home the enemy really is. With a nine-city tour.. Copyright 2016 Library Journal.
Publishers Weekly Reviews
The plot of bestseller Winspear's uneven 13th Maisie Dobbs novel (after 2016's