Maggie Hope is back
in London after her trip to the United States in Mr. Churchill's
party. While waiting for the release of her sister, Elise Hess, from
Ravensbrook, Maggie is working at SOE, the Special Operations
Executive Office. Maggie's boss is a frustrated little man who treats
her as someone fit only to get tea for the men. Maggie has other
ideas and keeps pushing for equal pay and pensions for the women in
SOE.
Terror stalks the
streets of wartime London in the form of a beast who murders young
women. His profile suggests that he is someone who resents women
getting jobs outside the home and taking the place of men. When young
SOE volunteers are murdered. Maggie is caught up in helping to solve
the case.
I have enjoyed all
the Maggie Hope books, but I think this is one of the best. Maggie
gets the opportunity to work with a competent police detective who,
in contrast to her boss at SOE, respects her skills. I cringed at the
way Maggie and the other women were treated in the SOE, but it gave
Maggie a chance to highlight the prejudice against women and fight
back.
Elise is trapped in
her idealism. She's offered release from Ravensbrook in exchange for
testimony against her associates, who were killing defective
children. She refuses and although she knows she could die in the
concentration camp, she would rather face that than testify.
This is the sixth
Maggie Hope mystery. All take place during World War II highlighting
various phases of the war effort behind the lines in Germany as well
as in Britain and the United States. If you like a good mystery or
are interested in WWII, I highly recommend these books.
I received this book
from Random House for this Review.
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