Christmas Eve, 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the Home Secretary receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met. Maisie is invited into Scotland Yard's elite Special Branch as a special adviser on the case - and becomes involved in a race against time to find a man who soon proves he has the knowledge, and will, to murder thousands of innocent people. Before this harrowing case is over, Maisie must negotiate her way through a darkness not encountered since she was a nurse in wards filled with shell-shocked men. 'Absorbing and exciting . . . what charms most is Dobbs herself' Wall Street Journal
| ISBN: | 9780719569913 |
| Publication date: | 18th March 2010 |
| Author: | Jacqueline Winspear |
| Publisher: | John Murray Publishers Ltd an imprint of John Murray Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Crime and Mystery |