Under the suspicious eye of a British agent, Maisie is pulled deeper into political intrigue on “the Rock”-arguably Britain’s most important strategic territory-and renews an uneasy acquaintance in the process. Days after Maisie’s arrival, a photographer and member of Gibraltar’s Sephardic Jewish community is murdered, and Maisie becomes entangled in the case, drawing the attention of the British Secret Service. Though she is on her own, Maisie is far from alone: the British garrison town is teeming with refugees fleeing a brutal civil war across the border in Spain. Against the wishes of the captain who warns her, “You will be alone in a most dangerous place,” she disembarks in Gibraltar. But her sojourn in the hills of Darjeeling is cut short when her stepmother summons her home to England her aging father Frankie Dobbs is not getting any younger.īut on a ship bound for England, Maisie realizes she isn’t ready to return.

Now, in A Dangerous Place, all she wants is the peace she believes she might find by returning to India. The period detail is descriptive and accurate about life and times on 'the Rock.' This novel will be appealing to readers of historical fiction and followers of the intrepid protagonist.In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability-and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure. Complications arise when she herself comes under scrutiny and she finds herself being investigated by the British Secret Service. She begins her investigation in the British garrison town full of refugees trying to piece together the bits of information she gathers from Babayoff's family and the Jewish community. Having something meaningful to sink her teeth into helps lift Maisie out of her depression and suicidal thoughts. He was a photographer and Sephardic Jew, and the circumstances surrounding his murder cause Maisie to want to find out the truth about his death. There she comes across the body of a man, Sebastian Babayoff, while out walking one night. She disembarks in Gibraltar where the Spanish civil war is happening just across the border. After a trip to India to find solace, Maisie is still grieving and just not ready to return to London and her concerned father and stepmother.

The title comes from a quote by Albert Einstein, 'The world is a dangerous place to live not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.' Set in 1937 at the precipice of World War II, the psychologist/private investigator's life has been turned upside down with the untimely death of her husband and subsequent miscarriage four years earlier. Jaqueline Winspear's latest Maisie Dobbs novel is an intriguing mystery sure to engage readers even if not familiar with the popular series.

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