Maisie sets out to find Joe and get to the bottom of his change in personality, but she has personal worries, too. He’s been complaining of terrible headaches, as well. But Joe has not been himself lately his personality has changed from happy-go-lucky to distant. Joe’s a responsible boy he’s traveling and working on a crew that is painting buildings on all the airfields with a special emulsion to keep the buildings from catching on fire in case of attack. A father comes to her worried that his 15-year-old son, Joe, has not contacted the family lately. Maisie Dobbs is back working as a psychologist and investigator. But when war comes, it does not come from above, but from across the English Channel. The English have been preparing for an aerial invasion with barrage balloons, sandbagging buildings and carrying gas masks. The Nazis are moving across France and all non-essential personnel are being recalled to England. It is the spring of 1940 and England declared war on Germany months ago. Now war has come to Britain again in “To Die But Once,” the 14th novel in the series. The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear has always operated under the specter of the Great War. Updated: 5 years ago / Posted May 25, 2018 By: Jodelle Greiner, The Brookings Register
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