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A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
4.0
Maisie is asked by a special branch to be a teacher at a private college to determine if there is anyone who might be against the crown.
While there, the head of the school, a pacifist, is murdered, and she decides to do her own investigation to help Scotland Yard.
She learns about a teacher who works for the Belgian government and another assistant who’s a Nazi. That woman’s boyfriend is the son of a major benefactor to the school, and there’s an administrator who was in dispute with the chancellor about participating in a debate about socialism.
She also finds out about a secretary who left abruptly and learns her story, connected to the book made famous by the chancellor which allowed him to open the peace focussed school.
It seems she has an idea about who the killer is, until something clearly points to someone else. She tells the government that her concern is about the Nazis, which her boss dismisses.
She helps her friend Sandra, whose husband died, and supports her until Sandra herself uncovers a mob connection to her husband’s death.
In the meantime, she and James are growing in their relationship, and Stratton decides to leave policing and become a teacher.
More adventures to come. A great book.
GPL audiobook
While there, the head of the school, a pacifist, is murdered, and she decides to do her own investigation to help Scotland Yard.
She learns about a teacher who works for the Belgian government and another assistant who’s a Nazi. That woman’s boyfriend is the son of a major benefactor to the school, and there’s an administrator who was in dispute with the chancellor about participating in a debate about socialism.
She also finds out about a secretary who left abruptly and learns her story, connected to the book made famous by the chancellor which allowed him to open the peace focussed school.
It seems she has an idea about who the killer is, until something clearly points to someone else. She tells the government that her concern is about the Nazis, which her boss dismisses.
She helps her friend Sandra, whose husband died, and supports her until Sandra herself uncovers a mob connection to her husband’s death.
In the meantime, she and James are growing in their relationship, and Stratton decides to leave policing and become a teacher.
More adventures to come. A great book.
GPL audiobook