She’s very polite and compassionate in the process. (If you’re annoyed when the investigator figures stuff out but saves it until the end, you might not like this.)
Not only is Catherine an American agent in a way, but Maisie also works with, and eventually falls for, a man from the American embassy in her investigation.) So, she goes around, assembling clues, showing her insights, and making links that the reader isn’t privy to. (The title is somewhat of a double reference. Maisie role in The American Agent is to find the killer. Please Click Here to Subscribe to Rob’s History Blog! The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear is set during the Blitz, the German air attack on London in 1939. (Several famous Americans shared this attitude, such as Charles Lindbergh, the noted aviator.) Thus, someone has a motive for the murder.
Catherine Saxon’s father, however, was an isolationist. Or, at minimum, step up its aid to the British. People like Murrow and Saxon wanted to persuade America to abandon its policy of neutrality and join the war against Nazi Germany.
The historical event of importance, besides the Blitz, is the actions of the US. Unlike me, Murrow has an entire school named after him within the university.) (Bonus points here-Edward Murrow is, like me, a graduate of Washington State University. Her dream is to broadcast for Edward Murrow, the legendary American newsman. You see, Catherine is an American who wants to be a radio reporter sharing the devastation of the bombing with American listeners. The connection to Catherine is that she rides along one evening. Maisie is part of an ambulance crew that drives the streets to help the wounded at night. Nightly, Londoners take to air raid shelters and cellars to escape bombing. The German bombing campaign known as the Blitz is in progress when the book begins. Plot of The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear The unfortunate victim is an American named Catherine Saxon. The murder she investigates in The American Agent happens in September 1940, in London, during the Blitz. Maisie is a British detective who solves mysteries for the British government. It’s part of a series featuring Jacqueline Winspear’s famous heroine, Maisie Dobbs. Because I like to read a range of things, and because it seemed the most attractive book on the featured shelf at my local library when I stopped in, I read The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear recently.
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