The Queen’s Accomplice by Susan Elia MacNeal

Maggie Hope is back on the pages with another mystery to solve during World War II.  I am so glad I discovered this mystery series a few years ago with Mr. Churchill’s Secretary.  I recommend them to all the historical fiction and mystery lovers in my life (which has come back to me-my aunt pre-orders a kindle version and has read it by the time I have a copy in my hot little hands!)

It is 1942 and Maggie is helping the police and MI5 search for a killer who is imitating Jack the Ripper.  Nicknamed the “Blackout Beast,” the killer seems to be targeting women who are beginning work for Winston Churchill’s Spies and Saboteurs Abroad.  If you’ve read a Maggie Hope Mystery, you know she will eventually become bait, and you will hold your breath and turn pages until you find out if she survives.

If you like books by Jacqueline Winspear or Charles Finch, or enjoyed watching Foyles’s War, MacNeal’s books will be a safe bet.  If you are up to date and wondering if The Queen’s Accomplice will be good, wonder no more.  It is great.  Grab a copy!