A Sunlit Weapon

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series,a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear’s beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Late September1942. Jo Hardya 22-year-old ferry pilotis delivering a Spitfire to Biggin Hill Aerodrome when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft. When she returns to the location on footshe finds an American serviceman in a barntied up and gagged. Jo hurries awaybut can’t shake the image of the serviceman from her mind. Several days laterwhen Jo recounts the story to several other womenshe receives the news that Ericaanother ferry pilot–flying the same route she had–has been killed in a crash near Kent. Erica’s death is attributed to \