The queen's accomplice : a Maggie Hope mystery (edition 2016)

by Susan Elia MacNeal

Series: Maggie Hope (6)

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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:Spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope returns to war-weary London, where she is thrust into the dangerous hunt for a monster, as the New York Times bestselling mystery series for fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry continues. England, 1942. The Nazis�?? relentless Blitz may have paused, but London�??s nightly blackouts continue. Now, under the cover of darkness, a madman is brutally killing and mutilating young women in eerie and exact re-creations of Jack the Ripper�??s crimes. What�??s more, he�??s targeting women who are reporting for duty to be Winston Churchill�??s spies and saboteurs abroad. The officers at MI-5 quickly realize they need the help of special agent Maggie Hope to find the killer dubbed �??the Blackout Beast.�?� A trap is set. But once the murderer has his sights on Maggie, not even Buckingham Palace can protect the resourceful spy from her fate. Praise for The Queen�??s Accomplice �??Maggie is a thoughtful spy whose dangerous escapades never disappoint.�?��??Kirkus Reviews �??A fine historical mystery given a feminist slant.�?��??Booklist �??Plausible and elegant . . . Like all MacNeal�??s novels, this one ends on a cliffhanger that will leave readers eagerly awaiting Maggie�??s next adventure.�?��??Shelf Awareness �??Works as a suspenseful stand-alone . . . interesting and informative . . . wartime London is vividly portrayed . . . recommended for those who like their historical mysteries with a large dose of suspense.�?��??Historical Novel Society �??For those who are Maggie Hope diehards, this latest in the series is sure to satisfy.�?��??Reviewing the Evidence �??MacNeal�??s meticulous research shines through on every page, and pays of… (more)

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Title:	The queen's accomplice : a Maggie Hope mystery
Authors:	Susan Elia MacNeal
Info:	New York : Bantam Books, 2016.
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Trying hard to enjoy this book. But the feminist crusader tone is becoming a horrible distraction. Another minor annoyance is use of the term “serial killer” - the phrase was coined in the 1970’s with a few incidental mentions in 1960’s literature. It was not a term in the 30’s or 40’s.

The plotting seems so-so. The thriller glimpses of the killer are well done.

At nearly 90% through, I haven’t quite gotten my hands around the Queen’s accomplice reference, but there’s still a little time.

Back to our story.

After finishing: I figured out the title. But honestly, it is so unrelated to the main story, I can’t understand why it was used.

The rest of the above still applies. At this point, I don’t know that I will continue the series. (

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AMKitty | May 13, 2023 |

Maybe I just needed a break and was reading the others too close together, but I felt like this was one of the stronger entries in this series so far. (

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Malaraa | Apr 26, 2022 |

England, 1942. The Nazis' relentless Blitz has paused, but London's nightly blackouts continue. Now, under the cover of darkness, a madman is brutally killing and mutilating young women in eerie and exact re-creations of Jack the Ripper's crimes. What's more, he's targeting women who are reporting for duty to be Winston Churchill's spies and saboteurs abroad. The officers at MI5 quickly realize they need the help of Special Agent Maggie Hope to find the killer dubbed "the Blackout Beast." A trap is set … (

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puttsplace | Oct 10, 2021 |

1942 London and during one of the night's blackouts an ARP warden discovers a female body. It seems that the body and the next are an reanactment of the killings of Jack the Ripper. Maggie Hope is seconded to the team of DCI Duggin who leads the investigation.
Meanwhile we also have the story of Maggie's half-sister in a Nazi prison camp, and the deployment of two SOE agents.
This is the first of the series that I have read and the only character I really liked was Duggin (

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

In this sixth installment, Maggie Hope is based at the SOE in Baker Street in London. Sara Sanderson and Hugh are training at a country house to be dropped into Paris as husband and wife. A copycat Jack-the-Ripper is killing young women SOE recruits in London and Maggie is called in to help investigate those murders with DCI Durgin of Scotland Yard. Chuck and Griffin have moved into Maggie's renovated, inherited house, when their apartment blows up from a gas leak. A second concern of Maggie's the 1/3 of men's salaries that women in the SOE earn along with the fact that no treaty or convention covers women combatants. They do not have to be taken prisoners. She is also waiting for her half-sister Elise Hess to arrive from Berlin. (

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baughga | Jan 11, 2021 |

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Susan Elia MacNeal	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Allen, Victoria	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Duerden, Susan	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Wiggins, Mick	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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In memory of Violette Szabo, June 26, 1921 - February 5, 1945, Posthumously awarded the George Cross and the Croix de Guerre, and among the 117 SOE agents who did not survive their missions to France

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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:Spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope returns to war-weary London, where she is thrust into the dangerous hunt for a monster, as the New York Times bestselling mystery series for fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry continues.
England, 1942. The Nazis�?? relentless Blitz may have paused, but London�??s nightly blackouts continue. Now, under the cover of darkness, a madman is brutally killing and mutilating young women in eerie and exact re-creations of Jack the Ripper�??s crimes. What�??s more, he�??s targeting women who are reporting for duty to be Winston Churchill�??s spies and saboteurs abroad. The officers at MI-5 quickly realize they need the help of special agent Maggie Hope to find the killer dubbed �??the Blackout Beast.�?� A trap is set. But once the murderer has his sights on Maggie, not even Buckingham Palace can protect the resourceful spy from her fate.
Praise for The Queen�??s Accomplice

�??Maggie is a thoughtful spy whose dangerous escapades never disappoint.�?��??Kirkus Reviews
�??A fine historical mystery given a feminist slant.�?��??Booklist
�??Plausible and elegant . . . Like all MacNeal�??s novels, this one ends on a cliffhanger that will leave readers eagerly awaiting Maggie�??s next adventure.�?��??Shelf Awareness
�??Works as a suspenseful stand-alone . . . interesting and informative . . . wartime London is vividly portrayed . . . recommended for those who like their historical mysteries with a large dose of suspense.�?��??Historical Novel Society
�??For those who are Maggie Hope diehards, this latest in the series is sure to satisfy.�?��??Reviewing the Evidence
�??MacNeal�??s meticulous research shines through on every page, and pays of

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