Hitler’s Blitz has struck London and Maisie Dobbs has become an
ambulance driver. One night an American news broadcaster by the name of
Catherine Saxon spends time with Maisie and sends a report back to the
USA about what it’s like to be under the Blitz. The following morning
Saxon is found dead in her room. Her throat has been slashed.
Robert MacFarlane of Scotland Yard wants Maisie to work with Mark Scott,
an American detective to solve the case in part because Saxon’s father
is an isolationist senator in the USA. Maisie and Scott have worked
together before.
Maisie is wary of Scott, so she sets her assistant, Billy Beale to check
him out and if possible, quietly follow him. As her investigation
progresses, Maisie begins to wonder about MacFarlane and the victim
herself.
The Blitz begins to intensify, resulting in Priscilla Partridge,
Maisie’s best friend, being badly injured while on ambulance duty.
Maisie is also injured at the same time, although less so. She
continues with her investigation. Billy finds out that the victim’s
brother has travelled to England a few times during the war in the hopes
that he can stop the war news from being broadcast to the USA.
Author Jacqueline Winspear presents the reader with a few potential
suspects for the killing of the young reporter, but Maisie is daunted by
any of them. A surprise ending in this story. A good, quick read.
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