Yep, Maisie is still investigating and solving crimes, mysteries, you name it. Of course, there are still cases to work amidst all of this new tension. And Maisie fears all of the danger and loss her family and friends will experience during this war. Sandra is pregnant and the war is stressing her out. Pris is terrified that her oldest son will be sent to fight.

Billy's older son wants to join up and serve his country.

So, what is Maisie up to in this latest book, In This Grave Hour? Well, London is officially at war with Germany - yikes! Sandbags are everywhere, people MUST carry their gas masks when they leave the house, children are being evacuated to the country, and everyone is frightened by what this war could mean for them all. She is truly one of a kind and I enjoy reading about each of her new adventures (even thought they seem to get more and more dangerous). I love her practicality, her strong sense of self, and her continued commitment to helping her family and friends. She's smart, savvy, resourceful, determined, and gung-ho about getting the job done. I love me a good detective story and Maisie Dobbs is the queen of sleuths as far as I'm concerned. I've re-read all of the books so many times, that I can tell you about any of them without even thinking about it. Britain is approaching its gravest hour - and MaisieĬould be nearing a crossroads of her own. They know only that her name isĪs Maisie’s search for the killer escalates, the country braces for Not know who the child belongs to or who might have put her on the Maisie’s home in Kent does not, or cannot, speak, and the authorities do And as Maisie delves deeper into the killings of theĭispossessed from the “last war,” a new kind of refugee - an evacueeįrom London - appears in Maisie’s life. Threat of invasion, within days another former Belgian refugee is found In a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters and the Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as aīoy, some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War.

Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Germany, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs’ flat toĪwait her return. At the moment Prime Minister NevilleĬhamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain’s declaration of war with “A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander.” - Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs (Thank you to the publisher and TLC Book Tours for providing me with a copy of this book!)

Maisie dobbs in this grave hour