Working with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission, Maisie Dobbs is sent to Hitler´s Germany in this thrilling tale of danger and intrigue--the twelfth novel in Jacqueline Winspear´s New York Times bestselling "series that seems to get better with each entry" (Wall Street Journal).
It´s early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards 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, on the outskirts of Munich.
The British government is not alone in its interest in Maisie´s travel plans. Her nemesis--the man she holds responsible for her husband´s death--has learned of her journey, and is also desperate for her help.
Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, Maisie encounters unexpected dangers--and finds herself questioning whether it´s time to return to the work she loved. But the Secret Service may have other ideas. . . .