London 1930. Maisie Dobbs, the renowned psychologist and
investigator, receives a most unusual request. She must prove that
Sir Cecil Lawton's son Ralph is really dead.
This is a case that will challenge Maisie in unexpected ways, for
Ralph Lawton was an aviator shot down by enemy fire in 1917. To get
to the bottom of the mystery, Maisie must travel to the former
battlefields of northern France, where she served as a nurse in the
Great War and where ghosts of her past still linger. As her
investigation moves closer to the truth, Maisie soon uncovers the
secrets and lies that some people would prefer remain buried.
