In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs's career takes an exciting new
turn when she accepts an undercover assignment directed by Scotland
Yard's Special Branch and the Secret Service. Posing as a junior
lecturer, she is sent to a college in Cambridge to monitor any
activities not in the interests of the Crown'.
When the college's controversial pacifist founder and principal,
Greville Liddicote, is murdered, Maisie is directed to stand back as
Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane and Detective Chief
Inspector Richard Stratton spearhead the investigation. She soon
discovers, however, that the circumstances of Liddicote's death
appear inextricably linked to the suspicious comings and goings of
faculty and students under her surveillance.
As the storm clouds of World War II gather on the horizon, Maisie
must overcome a reluctant Secret Service, discover shameful hidden
truths about Britain's conduct during the Great War, and face off
against the rising powers of the Nazi Party.
