Consequences of Fear : A Maisie Dobbs Novel, CD/Spoken Word by Winspear, Jacqueline; Cassidy, Orlagh (NRT), ISBN 0063224801, ISBN-13 9780063224803, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

<p><strong>As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling mystery series.</strong><br><br>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&#8217;s shocked to come face to face with the killer.</p><p>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&#8217;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&#8217;s been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill&#8212;reasons that go back to the last war.&#160;</p><p>As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britain&#8217;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&#8217;s state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the &#8220;series that seems to get better with every entry&#8221; (<em>Wall Street Journal</em>).</p>