My friend, Sharon Larson, lent me the ARC of the newest Maisie Dobbs book and I am so glad that she did. Each book makes Maisie a little more real to me and I ache for Billy Beale, her assistant, and his family. The medical problems they are facing brings to mind the current medical reality of needing to have someone with medical knowledge and connections as a family member or friend in order to get the proper care you or your loved one needs.
Maisie and Billy are preparing to wrap up their work and get to their families on Christmas Eve day, when Maisie attempts to go to the aid of a former soldier sitting on the pavement. She doesn't make. He blows himself up as she's reaching out for him.
The next day, a letter is sent to the prime minister threatening more deaths if the writer's demands aren't met. He mentions Maisie by name. This leads to her being tossed into the thick of things with Detective Chief Superintenden Robert MacFarlane of Scotland Yard's Special Branch as a consultant. She will come up against the nasty Gerald Urquhart of Military Intelligence and suffer with her friend, Pricilla, as she tries to re-adjust to life in England. This is when I started having trouble. It is 1932 and Pricilla has lost her brothers to the war and her parents to the flu. I know what is coming in several years time and I'm afraid for her boys and those of Billy's. Maisie successfully find the person behind the threat and get him to stop? We all know that she will - it's the getting there that is important.
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