Random House Publishing Group
Aug 8, 2017
This seventh entry in the Maggie Hope series is a strong one. We see the heroine maturing in both her professional life and her personal one. With what has at times been an irritating protagonist, this book's story line brings a welcome glimpse of a intelligence office who is both increasingly confident and self-aware.
What's different about this book
At the end of the sixth book in the series, The Queen's Accomplice, the author leaves the story in mid-air, literally, as Maggie Hope flies off to France for both personal and professional purposes. In contrast to some of the earlier Maggie stories, this latest title shows Maggie increasingly grappling with the moral and ethical issues of the war she and her friends and country find themselves in -- yet Mattie seems less needy, less reactive, and more introspective. Again, the book ends with a cliff-hanger ending, and once again, the reader is left wondering how Maggie will make it out of the latest trap. A trap she is in, ironically, because of her mature and self-aware choices.
What I'll do now that I've read it
The Maggie Hope series has built a strong readership with my library patrons, and this latest will fill a nice gap in the tapestry of England and Europe in the throes of WWII. I look forward to providing this title to my own patrons -- I notice there is a considerable hold list already for the book not to be released for another 6 weeks or so!
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