Title: To Die But Once
Description: While investigating the disappearance of an apprentice craftsman who had been working on a secret government contract, Maisie discovers links to the London underworld.

Spring, 1940. Following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs has been investigating the disappearance of a young apprentice working on a hush-hush government contract. Her investigation leads from the countryside of rural Hampshire to the web of wartime opportunism exploited by one of the London underworld's most powerful men. When a final confrontation approaches, she must acknowledge the potential cost to her future-- and the risk of destroying a dream she wants very much to become reality. Meanwhile, the plight of thousands of soldiers stranded on the beaches of France causes one of Maisie's friends to make a decision that will change his life.
Subjects: Missing persons, Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-04-15, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Dobbs, maisie (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Missing persons, fiction, Private investigators, fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, London (england), fiction, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical