To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
Unabridged Audiobook
Written By: Jacqueline Winspear
Narrated By: Orlagh Cassidy
Publisher: HarperAudio
Date: March 2018
Duration: 10 hours 30 minutes
Summary:
Maisie Dobbs-'a female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander' (Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air), faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II in this poignant entry (#14) in Jacqueline Winspear's New York Times bestselling series-'a series that seems to get better with every entry' (Tom Holland, Wall Street Journal).
Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as 'the Bore War'-nothing much seems to have happened yet-Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a 'hush-hush' government contract. As Maisie's inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, another mother is worried about a missing son-but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.
As USA Today's Robert Bianco says, 'with clarity and economy, Winspear lays the historical groundwork. . . . The setting matters, but what may matter more is the lovely, sometimes poetic way Winspear pushes her heroine forward. . . . May she shine on the literary scene for many books to come.'