The American, Mark Scott, who helped Maisie Dobbs escape from her last adventure in Hitler’s 1938 Munich, is back in the next book in this popular series. As always, Winspear skillfully intertwines historical fact, often about aspects of the period that are little known to the average reader, with the lives and fortunes of a cast of recurring characters that that same average reader has come to know well and genuinely care about. The historical aspect treats the months of the Blitzkrieg and its effect of ordinary Londoners, and the disinformation and propaganda war on the intelligence side, with the personal fortunes of Maisie and her family as she seeks to protect and ultimately adopt young Anna, the refugee that they are protecting in the Kent countryside. We’ll be seeing Mr. Scott again. 358 pp.
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