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you, Kath, for kindly confirming the integrity of words that mean “She was much loved.”

Of course, I cannot help myself thanking everyone involved in bringing this book to fruition, but in the interests of brevity,suffice it to say that you know who you are, and I appreciate everything you do, always.

A final word—once again this is a story initially inspired by my late father, Albert Winspear. Dad was a very, very fast runner, and when Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, he was among the fastest boys in London who were chosen to run messages between Air Raid Precautions depots—the “ARP” men visited schools across London to watch boys run before plucking out the best of them. After school he would sprint to the local depot to pick up a message and then deliver message after message as fast as he could for several hours, usually through bombing raids. Those of you who have read To Die But Once and learned about the inspiration for that book will know what came next for my father. It is often forgotten that in wartime,children’s work becomes—sadly—a vital resource.

About the Author

jacqueline winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The American Agent, To Die But Once, and In This Grave Hour, as well as twelve other bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels. Her standalone novel, The Care and Management of Lies, was also a New York Times bestseller, and a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In addition, Jacqueline is the author of two works of nonfiction:a memoir, This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing, and What Would Maisie Do? a companion book to the series. Originally from the United Kingdom, Winspear now lives in California.

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Also by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs

Birds of a Feather

Pardonable Lies

Messenger of Truth

An Incomplete Revenge

Among the Mad

The Mapping of Love and Death

A Lesson in Secrets

Elegy for Eddie

Leaving Everything Most Loved

The Care and Management of Lies

A Dangerous Place

Journey to Munich

In This Grave Hour

To Die But Once

The American Agent

What Would Maisie Do? (nonfiction)

This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing: A Memoir (nonfiction)

Copyright

the consequences of fear. Copyright © 2021 by Jacqueline Winspear. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the textof this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered,or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronicor mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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Digital Edition MARCH 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-286803-9

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-286802-2

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