Another great installment in the Maisie Dobbs series. Maisie is working on a murder case that conflicts with her work for the war office.. Her work with Macfarland is leaving her drained as she sends people she loves off to spy in France. She also is having conflicting feelings about the course of her relationship with Mark and her stepmother is on her case about the propriety of it. These cerebral, historical mysteries never fail to delight.