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A sunlit weapon : a Maisie Dobbs novel
- Title
- A sunlit weapon : a Maisie Dobbs novel / Jacqueline Winspear.
- Author
- Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- 359 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire--the fastest fighter aircraft in the world--to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing. Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jo's plane was attacked. At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs. Meanwhile, Maisie's husband, a high-ranking political attaché based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her visit to the Britain. There's already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Mrs. Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American servicemen. To guarantee the safety of the First Lady--and of the soldier being held in police custody--Maisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own."--
- Series Statement
- A Maisie Dobbs novel ; [17]
- Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- Maisie Dobbs novel ; 17.
- Alternative Title
- Sun lit weapon
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-3311
- ISBN
- 9780063142268
- 0063142260
- OCLC
- 1285934911
- Author
- Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- author.
- Title
- A sunlit weapon : a Maisie Dobbs novel / Jacqueline Winspear.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- A Maisie Dobbs novel ; [17]Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- Maisie Dobbs novel ; 17.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-3311