The Consequences of Fear: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.
October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he’s shocked to come 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: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: she’s working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes she’s been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill—reasons that go back to the last war.
As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britain’s intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackett’s state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the “series that seems to get better with every entry” (Wall Street Journal).
Jacqueline Winspear
Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Consequences of Fear, The American Agent, and To Die but Once, as well as thirteen other bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels and The Care and Management of Lies, a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. Jacqueline has also published two nonfiction books, What Would Maisie Do? and a memoir, This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing. Originally from the United Kingdom, she divides her time between California and the Pacific Northwest.
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Reviews for The Consequences of Fear
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This wasn’t my favorite in the series. Although I did get lost dealing with some of the characters. Usually it isn’t so windy up the road in her books. I wouldn’t start with this if you are new to her series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoy Maisie Dobson books. I spend my time working out how old she is. She solves crimes in an interesting fashion. A tv series would be fun.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not my favorite of the Maisie Dobbs series, yet I love the characters which populate these stories. In this installment Maisie saves another family, evaluates potential spies' suitability for heading to France during WWII, solves a murder, ponders being in love, and most importantly, comes to terms with her complicated work/family balance. A good read!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I always enjoy hearing from Maisie Dobbs. The 16th book in the series was a good story, but I do wish the characters would stop drinking, and serving each other a cup of tea in every fourth paragraph. It got a little tiresome. But I do look forward to the next one. Why do all the Brits move to California (Winspear)? Is Britain really so awful?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My first Maisie Dobbs novel. Interesting storyline and the behind the scenes look at the spy activities during WWII.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This series continues to be informative, entertaining, and an engrossing read. England stands alone at this point in WW2 with allies, the French in particular as difficult to deal with as the Axis enemies. Maisie continues her investigative service as well as serving in certain clandestine roles in His Majesty's Service. A murder witnessed by a teenage runner for several government services puts him in danger. Her subsequent attempts to protect him enmesh her in the murky morass that encompasses the SOE, French Resistance, and Vichy France. London's stiff upper lip during the Bomber Blitz provides the background as Maisie doggedly pursues her enquiries to a somewhat bitter end.