They are about a woman who came of age during a time when women took on the jobs of men, and many remained unmarried because many men had gone to war and did not return home. Her most famous work is the Maisie Dobbs series of books. Her short stories have appeared in magazines internationally, and she has recorded her essays for radio in San Francisco. Winspear published articles in the Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, and other publications. She decided to base her writing career on this subject. From the time she was a very young child, Winspear had an unusual awareness of the struggle her grandfather experienced in World War I.
Afterward, she worked in marketing communications before immigrating to the United States in 1990. 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.īorn in Kent, England in 1955, author, Jacqueline Winspear was educated at the University of London's Institute of Education. 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 Lady-and of the soldier being held in police custody-Maisie must uncover that connection. There’s already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Meanwhile, Maisie’s husband, a high-ranking political attache 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.
At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs.
Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jo’s plane was attacked. 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. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire-the fastest fighter aircraft in the world-to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. 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.
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