Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspearâs award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities ânot in the interests of His Majestyâs government.â When the collegeâs pacifist founder is murdered, Maisie finds herself in the midst of sinister web of murder, scandal, and conspiracy, activities that point towards members of the ascendant Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterparteiâthe Nazi Partyâon Britainâs shores. An instant classic, and sure to captivate long-time Maisie Dobbs fans as well as readers of Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, and Alexander McCall Smith, A Lesson in Secrets is âa powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanityâ (Richmond Times-Dispatch).