The Consequences of Fear

Resumen del libro

September 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he's shocked to come face to face with the killer.

Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: she's working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes she's been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill reasons that go back to the last war.

As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britain's intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackett's state of mind.

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