To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Audiobook (Free)

Maisie Dobbs-‘a feminine 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 Globe War II in this poignant admittance (#14) in Jacqueline Winspear’s New York Instances bestselling series-‘a series that seems to progress with every entry’ (Tom Holland, Wall Street Journal).

Originate 1940. With Britons facing what is becoming known as ‘the Bore War’-nothing much seems to have occurred yet-Maisie about To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Book Dobbs is usually asked to investigate the disappearance of an area lad, a apprentice craftsman focusing on a ‘hush-hush’ federal government agreement. As Maisie’s inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, another mother is concerned about a missing son-but this time the boy involved is one beloved by Maisie.

As USA Today’s Robert Bianco says, ‘with clarity and economy, Winspear lays the historical groundwork . . The establishing issues, but what may matter even more is the beautiful, sometimes poetic method Winspear pushes her heroine forward. . . . May she stand out around the literary picture for most books to arrive.’