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Name: A Lesson in Secrets

Author: Jacqueline Winspear
Year: 2011
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Popularity: 3.2
Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction

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ISBN:
9780061727719
0061727717
In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs' career goes in an exciting new direction when she accepts an undercover assignment directed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and the Secret Service. Posing as a junior lecturer, she is sent to a private college in Cambridge to monitor any activities "not in the interests of His Majesty's Government."
When the college's controversial pacifist founder and principal, Greville Liddicote, is murdered, Maisie is directed to stand back as Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane and Detective Chief Inspector Stratton spearhead the investigation. She soon discovers, however, that the circumstances of Liddicote's death appear inextricably linked to the suspicious comings and goings of faculty and students under her surveillance.
To unravel this web, Maisie must overcome a reluctant Secret Service, discover shameful hidden truths about Britain's conduct during the war, and face off against the rising powers of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - the Nazi Party - in Britain.
A pivotal chapter in the life of Maisie Dobbs,
marks the beginning of her intelligence work for the Crown. As the storm clouds of World War II gather on the horizon, Maisie will confront new challenges and new enemies - and will engage new readers and loyal fans of this bestselling mystery series.
This book is part of the "Maisie Dobbs" series.
Here are some other books from this series:
Maisie Dobbs
First published 2003
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, Pop Rating:7.2/10
Leaving Everything Most Loved
First published 2013
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, Pop Rating:2.5/10
Pardonable Lies
First published 2005
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, Pop Rating:4.7/10
An Incomplete Revenge
First published 2008
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, Pop Rating:3.8/10
Messenger of Truth
First published 2006
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, Pop Rating:4/10
Birds of a Feather
First published 2004
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, Pop Rating:5.2/10
Among the Mad
First published 2009
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, Pop Rating:3.5/10
The Mapping of Love and Death
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, Pop Rating:3.4/10
Elegy for Eddie
First published 2012
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, Pop Rating:2.9/10
A Dangerous Place
First published 2015
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, Pop Rating:3.2/10
Journey to Munich
First published 2016
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, Pop Rating:3/10

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