EAN: 9780063224803

THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR - JACQUELINE WINSPEAR ...

As 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.September 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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