From the back cover:
Spring, 1940. During the months following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs investigates the disappearance of a young apprentice working on a hush-hush government contract. As news of the plight of thousands of soldiers stranded on the beaches of France is gradually revealed to the general public, and as the threat of invasion rises, another young man beloved by Maisie makes a terrible decision that will change his life forever.

Maisie's investigation leads her from the countryside of rural Hampshire to the web of wartime opportunism exploited by one of the London underworld's most powerful men, in a case that serves as a reminder of the inextricable link between money and war. Yet when a final confrontation approaches, she must acknowledge the potential cost to her future - and the risk of destroying a dream she wants very much to become reality.

Maisie is working on the disappearance of Joe Coombes, but there are also three other situations happening throughout this book. All of this contributes to making this book another page turner in this series. I love the way the author inserts short paragraphs throughout that bring the reader up to speed on the history of the characters we had read about in previous books of this series. I really look forward to reading the next book.

Released for the 2023 Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Challenge & the 2023 NJABBIC Challenge (week 6: author surname 7 letters or longer).

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