04195cam a2200361 4500 287734630 TxAuBib 20170319120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062657312 0062657313 746bb829-aa1b-4e02-836d-8c3a08f95b52 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2813026 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- In This Grave Hour [READS (Advantage) Audiobook] : A Maisie Dobbs Novel. HarperCollins, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 288MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 288MB. HTML:<p>As Britain becomes engulfed in a second World War, the indomitable Maisie Dobbs is plunged into a treacherous battle of her own when she stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may have been more than ordinary people seeking sanctuary on English soil, in this enthralling chapter in Jacqueline Winspear's enormously popular New York Times bestselling series.</p> <p>Critics have long sung the praises of Jacqueline Winspear and her bestselling Maisie Dobbs series. In the thirteenth installment, Maisie—"one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting." (Parade)—is back with more mystery, adventure, and psychological insight.</p> <p>When readers last saw Maisie Dobbs, it was 1938 and the world was on the brink of war. Maisie herself was on a dangerous mission inside Nazi Germany, where she encountered an old enemy and the Führer himself. In This Grave Hour, a year has passed and Maisie is back home in England—yet neither she nor her nation is safe. Britain has just declared war on Germany and is mobilizing for the devastating battle ahead. But when she stumbles on the deaths of a group of refugees, Maisie suspects the enemy may be closer than anyone knows.</p> <p>Old fans will be delighted at Maisie's return and new readers will be hooked by this thrilling installment in Jacqueline Winspear's "thoughtful, probing series" (Oprah.com).</p>. HTML:<p>January 23, 2017<br /> The plot of bestseller Winspear’s uneven 13th Maisie Dobbs novel (after 2016’s <em>Journey to Munich</em>) has promise. Shortly after Neville Chamberlain’s announcement on Sept. 3, 1939, that Britain is at war with Germany, Maisie receives a summons—to her own London flat—from Francesca Thomas, a member of a Belgian resistance movement during WWI. Thomas asks the psychologist and investigator to look into the murder of a Belgian refugee, railway engineer Frederick Addens, who was shot execution-style. Scotland Yard has made little progress on what for them is a low-priority case. Maisie agrees to help, despite her reservations about her client. Unfortunately, Maisie shows a lack of acuity when she not only endorses her late mentor’s dubious aphorism, “Coincidence is a messenger sent by Truth,” but also agrees that it merits displaying on her office wall, so as to be the first thing that she and her staff see every workday. The mystery fails to grip, and the quality of the prose falls short of Winspear’s usual high standard. Agent: Amy Rennert, Amy Rennert Agency.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-03-18 23:00:02. Advantage title. Cassidy, Orlagh. http://reads.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=746bb829-aa1b-4e02-836d-8c3a08f95b52 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/2813026-InThisGraveHour.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=746bb829-aa1b-4e02-836d-8c3a08f95b52&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/2813026-InThisGraveHour.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=746bb829-aa1b-4e02-836d-8c3a08f95b52&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)