Thanks again to Tall Reader who brought over the entire series (just as with the J.J. Cook mysteries), I did not have to wait to jump into The Prime Minister's Secret Agent. Maggie might be home from Berlin now, but she is 'damaged'. Recovering from being shot is least of her issues. She seeks escape in Scotland at the spy training camp (where she once washed out of the physical part of the program). Instead of the peace she hopes to find, of course, she is pulled into danger once again when three dancers take sick (one a good friend of hers). Two die. An unusual connection with a dead sheep Maggie found on the shore leads to the discovery of government sanctioned development of poisons. Again, a hard to put down read! Don't miss the historical notes at the end, they are always interesting and can lead to other books to read!

And here we are ... at the last of the Maggie Hope books from Tall Reader. The Queen's Accomplice, by Susan Elia Macneal, has a bit of a twist. This time the problem is closer to home ... a local is killing women in the style of Jack the Ripper. Who, and why? The answer sure came as a surprise to me! An interesting sub-plot is Maggie's efforts to get women agents proper pay and benefits. And now we wait!

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