Book guide
To Die But Once
Dunkirk looms as Maisie searches for a missing boy in a case that reaches organized crime.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalWar storyMysteryMissing personMysteryDetective proceduralCrimeDetective proceduralCrimeOrganized crimeCrimeMissing person
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About To Die But Once
In May 1940, a local family asks Maisie to find their not-quite-sixteen-year-old son Joe Coombes, who has vanished from a wartime government-contract job. Her investigation uncovers a link to a violent London crime family while loved ones risk their lives in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Maisie Dobbs · Book 14 of 18
Content warnings
- war
- disappearance
- crime
- murder
- child death
- physical violence
- grief
- past miscarriage
- suicide references
- medical content
