Book guide
In This Grave Hour
As Britain declares war, Maisie hunts a killer targeting refugees from the last one.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalWar storyMysteryWhodunnitMysteryMissing personMysteryDetective proceduralCrimeDetective proceduralCrimeWhodunnit
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About In This Grave Hour
On 3 September 1939, a Secret Service agent asks Maisie to investigate the murder of a man who fled occupied Belgium as a child during World War I. As more Belgian refugees die, an evacuated girl named Anna arrives in Maisie’s life and Britain braces for its gravest hour.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Maisie Dobbs · Book 13 of 18
Content warnings
- war
- murder
- refugees
- death
