In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie, who runs her own detective agency, is asked by a Secret Service agent to assist in finding out who was responsible for the murder of a man who immigrated to England from Belgium during World War I.Īs London is preparing for attacks from Germany, Maisie is busy trying to gather clues about this man's past. In fact, one of the first scenes is the famous announcement by Prime Minister Chamberlain declaring war against Germany. IN THIS GRAVE HOUR takes place in England during the outbreak of World War II. I absolutely adored this book, and I will never tire of Ms. I look forward to each and every one of these novels and the latest, IN THIS GRAVE HOUR, is another example of an excellent mystery. There probably isn't a whole lot more for me to say. Through the years, I have reviewed almost every Maisie Dobbs book that Jacqueline Winspear has written. 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.

In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear