The Consequences of Fear

Jacqueline Winspear

eBook - 2021

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates apossible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's warefforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestsellingmystery series.October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, amessage runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends inmurder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until thecoast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he's shocked tocome face to face with the killer.Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime,Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: MaisieDobbs. While Maisie ...believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintainextreme caution: she's working secretly for the Special Operations Executive,assessing... more