Maisie Dobbs-a female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander (Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air), faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II in this poignant entry (#14) in Jacqueline Winspear's New York Times bestselling series-a series that seems to get better with every entry (Tom Holland, Wall Street Journal).

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Maisie dobbs to die but once