The Consequences of Fear: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs, 16)

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. 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. 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). 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. 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, hes 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: shes 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 shes been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to killreasons that go back to the last war. As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britains intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hacketts 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 ). September 1941. Delivery boy Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. He waits until the coast is clear... but arrives at the delivery address to come face to face with the killer. Dismissed by the police Freddie turns to Maisie Dobbs. She believes the boy, but must maintain extreme caution: she is working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Soon she is pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill. Reasons that go back to the last war - and could hold disastrous consequences for all involved. -- adapted from jacket "Entreated by a witness nobody believes to investigate a murder, Maisie Dobbs uncovers a conspiracy with devastating implications for Britain's war effort during the Nazi occupation of Europe."