A Sunlit Weapon

Resumen del libro

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfirethe fastest fighter aircraft in the worldto Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged.

She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.

Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jos plane was attacked. At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs.Meanwhile, Maisies husband, a high-ranking political attach based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her visit to the Britain. Theres already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target.

Mrs. Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American servicemen.

To guarantee the safety of the First Ladyand of the soldier being held in police custodyMaisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p style="text-align: justify;" x{0026}lt;strong Jacqueline Winspearx{0026}lt;/strong es la autora de la serie de Maisie Dobbs, de la cual varios títulos han sido bestsellers del x{0026}lt;em New York Timesx{0026}lt;/em . Su novela independiente, x{0026}lt;em The Care and Management of Liesx{0026}lt;/em , fue finalista del x{0026}lt;em Premio Literario de la Paz de Daytonx{0026}lt;/em . Jacqueline también ha publicado dos libros de no ficción, x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em What Would Maisie Do?x{0026}lt;/em ("¿Qué haría Maisie?")x{0026}lt;/strong y unas memorias nominadas al premio Edgar, x{0026}lt;em This Time Next Year We 'll Be Laughingx{0026}lt;/em . Originaria del Reino Unido, Winspear divide ahora su tiempo entre California y el noroeste del Pacífico.x{0026}lt;/p