NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry comes a gripping mystery featuring intrepid spy and code breaker Maggie Hope. This time, the fallout of a deadly plot comes straight to her own front door. World War II rages on across Europe, but Maggie Hope has finally found a moment of rest on the pastoral coast of western Scotland. Home from an … western Scotland. Home from an undercover mission in Berlin, she settles down to teach at her old spy training camp, and to heal from scars on both her body and heart. Yet instead of enjoying the quieter pace of life, Maggie is quickly drawn into another web of danger and intrigue. When three ballerinas fall strangely ill in Glasgow—including one of Maggie’s dearest friends—Maggie partners with MI-5 to uncover the truth behind their unusual symptoms. What she finds points to a series of poisonings that may expose shocking government secrets and put countless British lives at stake. But it’s the fight brewing in the Pacific that will forever change the course of the war—and indelibly shape Maggie’s fate.
Praise for The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent
“[A] stellar series . . . [Susan Elia] MacNeal has written an impeccably researched, wonderfully engaging story.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“A treat for WWII buffs and mystery lovers alike.”—Booklist
“[MacNeal] seamlessly mixes fact and fiction.”—Publishers Weekly
“Splendid . . . riveting . . . The research is complete and fascinating. . . . The scenes are so detailed that readers will feel as if they are next to the characters and listening to them speaking.”—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)
“Fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd will feast on this riveting series chronicling Britain’s own ‘Greatest Generation.’ MacNeal’s research and gift for dialogue shine through on every page, transporting the reader to Churchill’s inner circle. The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent is both top-drawer historical fiction and mystery in its finest hour.”—Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author of Through the Evil Days
Praise for Susan Elia MacNeal’s Maggie Hope mysteries
“You’ll be [Maggie Hope’s] loyal subject, ready to follow her wherever she goes.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“A heart-pounding novel peopled with fully drawn real and fictional characters . . . provides the thrills that readers have come to expect from MacNeal.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch, on His Majesty’s Hope
“With false starts, double agents, and red herrings . . . MacNeal provides a vivid view of life both above and below stairs at Windsor Castle.”—Publishers Weekly, on Princess Elizabeth’s Spy
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Interesting history ,characters anD plot
This was a little disappointing after the last 3 books. This seemed kind of like a book that just tried to tie the ends between 2 stories and prep for the next one. I still enjoy the series, so I will keep reading, but there were some things in the character development that I found confusing. Like she seemed to have PTSD and then someone who was a British citizen died as a result of her actions and she didn’t seem to have a problem with this? Is she a complicated heroine or someone who just looks out after her own… We will see.
Good read!
Historically it seemed pretty accurate and it was simply a good story that perhaps gave a totally different view of pre-war Germany
Always get books by this author & have never been disappointed. Wish there many many more!
Good characters, page Turner, will read the others in the series.
I enjoyed this book but found it a little more disjointed than her previous books. I feel as though although this book does contain its own story, there is much more of a unfinished feel to the story than the previous books. I’m interested to see where the next book in the series leads.
In every one of the Maggie Hope books i learn something about the everyday life of the everyday citizens in Europe during WWII. MacNeil’s writing is descriptive, informative, and “page-turing” and all this helps the reader easily conjure up a mental picture of the characters, setting, and events as if you were actually living it!
Maggie is trying to deal with what she saw and learned in Berlin while training future spies to help England during World War II. But when a friend gets in trouble, Maggie snaps out of her depression to help. Meanwhile, Japan and the US are not finding any common ground in November of 1941.
Fans of the series will appreciate the character development we get here with Maggie and some other series regulars. It feels like a slower book than normal, but it was needed and I never felt my interest waning. Maggie and the others take a back seat to the lead up to Pearl Harbor at times, but I found that part just as interesting, and I don’t know how the author could have played it any differently for this series.
Loved it
I lreally liked this series
Maggie Hope is a great character. I enjoy this series.
It was a well written WW2 mystery and spy novel. I enjoyed it and hope to start at the beginning and read all of them.
Very good WWII historical mystery.
I like all Susan Elia MacNeal series about Hope. I like the historical element. Not always accurate but interesting portrayal of the time and people in each one. This was my least favorite but still good. It did not have a conclusive ending – more like tune in for next installment….
I love novels about WWII and women spies. This book had it all. I have enjoyed the entire series patiently (or not) waiting for the next one.
Clever writer. Clever main character
A great historical fiction with from a different perspective of WW II.
I have enjoyed the Maggie Hope series of adventures of a World War II SPY. She’s young, well developed character, one adventure after another. Following history.
I assume this was really just a table-setter for some sequel that will have a real story line, but this was just boring. It repositioned a lot characters an gave a lot of back-story, but there was nothing to it in and of itself.