'WRY AND IMMENSELY READABLE' DAILY MAILSpring, 1940. With Britons facing what has becomeknown as the Bore War - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a hush-hush government contract.As Maisie's inquiry reveals a potential link to the London underworld, the country is bracing for a possible enemy invasion amid news of the British expeditionary force stranded along the French coast. And another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.'A SERIES THAT SEEMS TO GET BETTER WITH EVERY ENTRY' WALL STREET JOURNAL