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In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs’s career goes in an exciting new direction when she accepts an undercover assignment directed by Scotland Yard’s Special Branch and the Secret Service. Posing as a junior lecturer, she is sent to a private college in Cambridge to monitor any activities “not in the interests of His Majesty’s Government.”

When the college’s controversial pacifist founder and principal, Greville Liddicote, is murdered, Maisie is directed to stand back as Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane and Detective Chief Inspector Stratton spearhead the investigation. She soon discovers, however, that the circumstances of Liddicote’s death appear inextricably linked to the suspicious comings and goings of faculty and students under her surveillance.

To unravel this web, Maisie must overcome a reluctant Secret Service, discover shameful hidden truths about Britain’s conduct during the war, and face off against the rising powers of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei—the Nazi Party—in Britain.

A pivotal chapter in the life of Maisie Dobbs, A Lesson In Secrets marks the beginning of her intelligence work for the Crown. As the storm clouds of World War II gather on the horizon, Maisie will confront new challenges and new enemies—and will engage new readers and loyal fans of this bestselling mystery series.

My 2 Cents:

I have never read any of the Miss Dobbs books until now. It was rather entertaining. It has everything a reader likes, a little romance, mystery, suspense, thrills and it is historical. To me you can read these as stand alone. This is book 8 in the series from what I understand and I was not lost at all. A great story of the Nazi movement in England along with a murder of the Head Master at a university in Cambridge. Maisie has to go teach at this college to gain inside information about the movement. Then so happens the head master gets murdered so she is now working two cases. Maisie has a big heart and tries to help everyone from her employee to a stranger she meets. The story was slow in parts, but overall it was good read.