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Book Beginnings

December 4, 2014 by pictureperfectcooking

Well, hello there and welcome to another edition of Book Beginnings.  Today, I am bringing you the first lines from “His Majesty’s Hope” by Susan Elia MacNeal which is the third in the Maggie Hope mystery series.

“Wannsee-Berlin, April 1941

The urn the ashes came in was beautiful-shiny and black, with an enamel swastika on one side.  It was small, so very small, Jens Hartmann thought.  How could is possibly hold the remains of his son?”

I read the first Maggie Hope book on a whim and really liked it so, of course, I had to keep reading.  Ms. Hope is a mathematician turned spy by way of being Winston Churchill’s secretary.  In this book, we learn the reason that Maggie’s bosses wanted her to become part of a secret intelligence group during World War II and there are so many twists and turns to her story. 

Ms. MacNeal weaves a great tale of the fictional spy with historical facts, locations and characters.  I can’t wait to read the next one!

Please join me at Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings.

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Posted in Books | Tagged Book Beginnings, Books, His Majesty's Hope, Maggie Hope, Susan Elia Macneal | 1 Comment

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  1. on December 6, 2014 at 10:31 am Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library

    I’ve had this series on my TBR list for quite awhile. Glad to hear you’ve been enjoying them. Love that beginning. So very sad but without being melodramatic.



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