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 Sunday September 3rd 1939.  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. Dr. 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.
 In a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters and the threat of invasion, within days another former Belgian refugee is found murdered.  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. 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.  They know only that her name is Anna.
 As Maisie's search for the killer escalates, the country braces for what is to come.  Britain is approaching its gravest hour - and Maisie could be nearing a crossroads of her own.

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This book is part of the "Maisie Dobbs" series.
Here are some other books from this series:

Maisie Dobbs First published 2003 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:7.2/10

Leaving Everything Most Loved First published 2013 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.5/10

Pardonable Lies First published 2005 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:4.7/10

An Incomplete Revenge First published 2008 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.8/10

Messenger of Truth First published 2006 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:4/10

Birds of a Feather First published 2004 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:5.2/10

Among the Mad First published 2009 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.5/10

The Mapping of Love and Death Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.4/10

A Lesson in Secrets First published 2011 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.2/10

Elegy for Eddie First published 2012 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.9/10

A Dangerous Place First published 2015 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.2/10

Journey to Munich First published 2016 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3/10

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