It quickly becomes apparent why Robbie is involved Catherine was the daughter of a powerful U.S. Maisie learns of the crime from Robbie Macfarlane, a man who works “ in the opaque realm between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service”. Catherine is found murdered in her flat the very next morning. Impressed with her willingness to join them on their dangerous rounds, and Catherine’s ability to interview the victims and first responders with tenacity and gentleness, Maisie parts company with the journalist feeling she has found a new friend. Determined to get all the information she can to make her show a success, Catherine is spending the hours before the transmission deep amongst the people she will be reporting on. If she makes a good impression with this premiere broadcast, she might be able to turn it into a regular gig. Catherine is on the verge of a big opportunity in her career – the chance to host a radio program for the same agency that employs the famous Edward R. One night while on ambulance duty with best friend Pris, Maisie and her pal meet American journalist Catherine Saxon, who reports on the terror stalking London for news agencies back home. While the mystery portion might work fine as a standalone, the book is definitely best read in sequence with the rest of the series since there is a prodigious amount of background information pertaining to Maisie’s personal life the reader would benefit from knowing before jumping in.

A tale of triumph over tragedy, it is sure to please the author’s many fans.

In The American Agent, the fifteenth novel in the Maisie Dobbs series, we find our titular heroine working as a volunteer ambulance driver during the 1940 London Blitz.

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