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Violence
Some
A threatened mass casualty event; the investigation involves veterans suffering shell shock
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific rage of a man who survived the war and cannot bear that the country has forgotten what he endured; Maisie's empathy for the threat even while working to stop him
What this book is about
A man threatens to release a gas attack on London if the government doesn't respond to his demands regarding the care of veterans — and kills to demonstrate his capacity. Maisie Dobbs is drawn into the investigation because her understanding of shell shock and the psychology of men broken by the war makes her uniquely qualified to find him. Jacqueline Winspear's sixth Maisie Dobbs novel is the most thriller-driven of the series — a countdown to an atrocity — and the most explicit about what the war did to the men who survived it.
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sixth Maisie Dobbs novel by Jacqueline Winspear; most thriller-driven entry
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