To Die But Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel, Hardcover

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.``