The sixth in the bestselling mystery series, comparable to Alexander McCall Smith's }Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency{. On Christmas Eve, 1931, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide and the Home Secretary receives a threatening letter. Dobbs is invited to Scotland Yard as a special advisor, and becomes involved in a race against time to save the lives of thousands of people Maisie Dobbs returns with her most gripping case yet
