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When listeners last heard Maisie Dobbs, it was 1938, and the world was on the brink of war. Maisie herself was on a dangerous mission inside Nazi Germany, where she encountered an old enemy and the Führer himself. In In This Grave Hour, a year has passed, and Maisie is back home in England - yet neither she nor her nation is safe. Britain has just declared war on Germany and is mobilizing for the devastating battle ahead.

To the costermongers of Covent Garden Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie - and why? Maisie Dobbs' father, Frankie, had been a costermonger, so she had known the men since childhood. She remembers Eddie fondly and is determined to offer her help. But it soon becomes clear that powerful political and financial forces are equally determined to prevent her from learning the truth behind Eddie's death.

It's early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks toward Fitzroy Square - a place of many memories - she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie - who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter - to retrieve the man from Dachau....

Londres, 1929. Maisie Dobbs abre una oficina como flamante investigadora privada en el centro de Londres y se convierte en una de las primeras mujeres detective de la época. Su primer caso, la investigación de la supuesta infidelidad dela esposa de un hombre de la alta sociedad, la lleva a un lugar conocido como El Retiro, un refugio de convalecientes de la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Londres, 1931. La noche antes de la inauguración de una exposición de su obra en una famosa galería de Mayfair, el controvertido artista Nick Bassington-Hope fallece de repente. La policía dictamina que fue un accidente, pero la hermana gemela de Nick, Georgina, una corresponsal de guerra y una figura polémica, no está convencida. Cuando las autoridades se niegan a considerar su teoría de que Nick fue víctima de un asesinato, Georgina busca la ayuda de su compañera de estudios del Girton College, Maisie Dobbs.

Um dos mais ricos comerciantes da Inglaterra, Joseph Waite sempre deu o melhor para a filha, Charlotte, mas jamais permitiu que ela tivesse uma vida livre. Na primavera de 1930, quando ela foge de casa, Waite mantém o caso longe da polícia e procura os serviços de Maisie Dobbs, conhecida por sua discrição e seus poderes de dedução.

September 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.

September, 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Spitfire when she has the unnerving experience of someone shooting at her aircraft. A few days later, she hears that another ferry pilot has been killed when her aircraft crashed in the same area of Kent. Although the death has been attributed to ‘pilot error’, Jo is convinced there is a link between the two incidents. Jo takes her suspicions to Maisie Dobbs.

Londres, 1930. Maisie Dobbs tiene su propia agencia de detectives en Londres y no le faltan los clientes. Por una parte, Scotland Yard le pide su colaboración para la resolución de un asesinato del que acusan a una joven campesina, y sir Cecil Lawton, un afamado abogado que acaba de enviudar, le encomienda a Maisie una delicada misión: confirmar la muerte de su hijo, desaparecido durante la Gran Guerra. Una nueva entrega del mejor cozy crime internacional.

Aos 13 anos, Maisie Dobbs começa a trabalhar como criada em uma residência da aristocracia londrina. Sua patroa, a sufragista lady Rowan Compton, logo descobre a sede de conhecimento da menina e resolve patrocinar seus estudos. Seu tutor é o famoso investigador Maurice Blanche, que percebe os dons intuitivos da moça e a ajuda a ser admitida na prestigiosa Girton College, em Cambridge.

In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs’s career takes an exciting new turn when she accepts an undercover assignment directed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch. 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 from the investigation. But she soon discovers something suspicious....

London, 1933. Two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation. When another Indian woman who was close to Usha is found murdered, Maisie is pulled deeper into an unfamiliar yet alluring subculture.

April 1933. Eddie Pettit is a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident, there is skepticism about the cause of death. Who would want to kill Eddie, and why? Maisie Dobbs is determined to offer her help. As she uncovers lies and manipulation on a national scale, Maisie must decide whether to risk it all to see justice done.

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, so the country is bracing for a possible enemy invasion amid news of the British expeditionary force stranded along the French coast. And another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.

When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. Accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice - Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie escape Hitler’s Munich in 1938 - he asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon's death.

It's 1932 and the remains of missing cartographer Michael Clifton are found in a former battlefield in France. When it's clear he was murdered, his wealthy parents hire Maisie to find the woman who wrote a series of love letters discovered among Michael's belongings. The lover identifies herself only as "The English Nurse". Maisie must also wrestle with memories of serving as a nurse herself in the Great War - memories that she has tried so hard to obliterate.

It's 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie - who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter - to retrieve him. However, the man she holds responsible for her husband's death has learned of her journey and is also desperate for her help....

Britain is at war. Returned from a dangerous mission onto enemy soil, Maisie Dobbs is fully aware of the gravity of the current situation; her world is on the cusp of great change. One of those changes can be seen in the floods of refugees that are arriving in Britain, desperate for sanctuary. When Maisie stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may have been more than ordinary people, she is drawn into an investigation that requires all her insight and strength.

Londres, 1930. Desde que abrió una agencia de investigación privada en Londres, ha habido muchos cambios en la vida de Maisie Dobbs: tiene la oficina en Fitzroy Square, Billy Beale se ha convertido en su asistente y conduce un coche rojo. Ha demostrado su valía como investigadora, e incluso se ha ganado el respeto del inspector Stratton de Scotland Yard, todo un logro para una mujer que pasó de sirvienta a detective. En la primavera de 1930, Maisie recibe un encargo de Joseph Waite, un hombre rico hecho a sí mismo, para que encuentre a su hija, Charlotte, una heredera fugitiva.

Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place.... In Jacqueline Winspear’s powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy, a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gibraltar leads Maisie into a web of lies, deceit and peril.