03022cam a2200421 i 4500 1331705349 MeVbMML 20230509124031.0 220624t20232023nyu 000 1 eng d 0062867989 (hardcover) 9780062867988 (hardcover) (OCoLC)1331705349 AJM e-uk-en PR6123.I575 W44 2023 823 .92 23/eng/20221213 Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- author 13427 The white lady : a novel / Jacqueline Winspear First edition New York : HarperCollins, [2023] ©2023 321 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-selling Maisie Dobbs series. This heart-stopping novel, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White--veteran of two wars, trained killer, protective of her anonymity--when she is drawn back into the world of menace she has been desperate to leave behind. A reluctant ex-spy with demons of her own, Elinor finds herself facing down one of the most dangerous organized crime gangs in London, ultimately exposing corruption from Scotland Yard to the highest levels of government. The private, quiet "Miss White" as Elinor is known, lives in a village in rural Kent, England, and to her fellow villagers seems something of an enigma. Well she might, as Elinor occupies a "grace and favor" property, a rare privilege offered to faithful servants of the Crown for services to the nation. But the residents of Shacklehurst have no way of knowing how dangerous Elinor's war work had been, or that their mysterious neighbor is haunted by her past. It will take Susie, the child of a young farmworker, Jim Mackie and his wife, Rose, to break through Miss White's icy demeanor--but Jim has something in common with Elinor. He, too, is desperate to escape his past. When the powerful Mackie crime family demands a return of their prodigal son for an important job, Elinor assumes the task of protecting her neighbors, especially the bright-eyed Susie. Yet in her quest to uncover the truth behind the family's pursuit of Jim, Elinor unwittingly sets out on a treacherous path--yet it is one that leads to her freedom"-- Provided by publisher Text in English BPL: David Winn Bishop and Isabel MacPherson Bishop Memorial Fund. Women spies Fiction 6212 Organized crime Fiction 6024 Police corruption Fiction 6923 Kent (England) Fiction 13428 Historical fiction. lcgft 129 Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft 485 Novels. lcgft 50 .b178400609 ddc BOOK 28786 28786 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2023-05-09 30.00 1 WINS 64272 2023-06-13 2023-06-06 2023-05-09 BOOK 1