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THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR - JACQUELINE WINSPEAR ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs Europe buckles under Nazi occupation  Maisie Dobbs
investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war
efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.October
1941. While on a delivery  young Freddie Hackett  a message runner for a government office 
witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house 
Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address  he's
shocked to come face to face with the killer. Dismissed by the police when he attempts to
report the crime  Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message:
Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help  she must maintain extreme
caution: she's working secretly for the Special Operations Executive  assessing candidates for
crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a
place she least expects. She soon realizes she's been pulled into the orbit of a man who has
his own reasons to kill-reasons that go back to the last war. As Maisie becomes entangled in a
power struggle between Britain's intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French
agents operating across Europe  she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie
Hackett's state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved
in this compelling chapter of the series that seems to get better with every entry (Wall Street
Journal).

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