Instant New York Times and National Bestseller
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.
