In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a historical mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
October 1942. In this gripping work of WWII fiction, Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfireâthe fastest fighter aircraft in the worldâto Biggin Hill Aerodrome when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.
To guarantee the safety of the First Ladyâand of the soldier being held in police custodyâMaisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.
In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a historical mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
October 1942. In this gripping work of WWII fiction, Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfireâthe fastest fighter aircraft in the worldâto Biggin Hill Aerodrome when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.
To guarantee the safety of the First Ladyâand of the soldier being held in police custodyâMaisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.