Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, "one of the great fictional heroines” (Parade), investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in a page-turning tale of love and war, terror and survival....

"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." -Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie DobbsMaisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her...