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A Lesson in Secrets
by Jacqueline Winspear
It's 1932 and Maisie Dobbs is recruited by the British Secret Service to try to uncover any activities "not in the interest of His Majesty's government" Working undercover she is a junior lecturer in Philosophy at a small, private college in Cambridge which is dedicated to the cause of international peace and cooperation. Then, of course, a prominent member of the college administration is found dead and Maisie is caught up in the investigation. The novel is well-written and squarely set in the political environment of the early 1930s--the Great Depression, fall-out from World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, and the rise of fascism in both Italy and Germany. An interesting twist in the Maisie Dobbs series.