Inhalt: 'WRY AND IMMENSELY READABLE' DAILY MAIL 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 potential link to the London underworld, the country is bracing for a possible enemy invasion amid news of the British expeditionary force stranded along the French coast. And another mother is worried about a missing son – but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie. 'A SERIES THAT SEEMS TO GET BETTER WITH EVERY ENTRY' WALL STREET JOURNAL