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Title details for The Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Elia MacNeal - Available

The Prisoner in the Castle

#8 in series

by Susan Elia MacNeal
Susan Duerden
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A series of baffling murders among a group of imprisoned agents threatens the outcome of World War II in this chilling mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Churchill’s Secretary.
November, 1942. World War II is raging, and former spy Maggie Hope knows too much: what the British government is willing to do to keep its secrets, who is lying, who the double-crossers are. She knows exactly who is sending agents to their deaths. These are the reasons Maggie is isolated on a remote Scottish island, in a prison known as Killoch Castle. When one of her fellow inmates drops dead in the middle of his after-dinner drink—he’s only the first. As victims fall one by one, Maggie will have to call upon all her wits and skills to escape—not just certain death . . . but certain murder. For what’s the most important thing that Maggie Hope knows? She must survive.
Praise for The Prisoner in the Castle

“The colonel sums it up best on page ten: ‘If you take a pretty girl and teach her how to kill, it can cause problems.’ Not just problems—electrifying action and nonstop surprises. I loved this book!”—R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street series
“Another literary tour de force . . . From the book’s perfectly calibrated plot to its incisively etched characters, everything is handled with perfect finesse by the author.”—Poisoned Pen Newsletter
“One pleasure of a mystery series is connecting with a character that changes and grows with each novel. . . . Maggie’s intelligence and loyalty to the war effort continue to evolve in [Susan Elia] MacNeal’s series. . . . Solid twists keep the plot of The Prisoner in the Castle churning until the surprise finale.”—Associated Press
“A mystery . . . tailor-made for readers in the post-election, #MeToo era. . . . If you love a tricky puzzle that requires you to keep track of multiple alibis over time, this is your summer read.”—The Washington Post
“Evocative.”—Publishers Weekly
“MacNeal uses [Agatha] Christie’s And Then There Were None as a framework for a character-driven mystery/thriller that successfully emulates the original.”—Kirkus Reviews

  • Creators

  • Series

    Maggie Hope

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 7, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781524782511
      • File size: 293133 KB
      • Duration: 10:10:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Once again, narrator Susan Duerden provides us with the voice of the indomitable Maggie Hope, an American-born WWII Special Operations operative in Britain. Maggie has been banished to an isolated island off Scotland, along with other spies who, by virtue of their knowledge or actions, are viewed as a threat to the war effort. One by one, the island's guests are murdered in a story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. The listener's experience is greatly enhanced by McNeal's attention to descriptive detail. Duerden deftly portrays each of the characters--from the Scottish residents to the posh lady spies, the fellow prisoner who turns out to be a German spy, and Winston Churchill. A worthy addition to the series. E.Q. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 18, 2018
      Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None provides the setup for MacNeal’s evocative if unconvincing eighth Maggie Hope mystery (after 2017’s The Paris Spy). Toward the end of 1942, British special agent Maggie is ensconced at Killoch Castle, a onetime Victorian hunting lodge on the tiny Hebridean island of Scarra. Ostensibly a training center, the top-secret British facility there actually sequesters agents with dangerous weaknesses or knowledge too sensitive to leave in the field—in Maggie’s case, detailed information on the upcoming invasion of occupied Europe. Life is pleasant enough, until the nine other agents on Scarra begin being murdered by means from arsenic and cyanide to impalement by harpoon. As a storm cuts off all possibility of help from the mainland, Maggie attempts to discover which of her fellow “guests” is a killer. MacNeal’s scenario lacks the rigorous plotting of its classic predecessor, and the slew of disparate murders feels more silly than chilling. Agent: Victoria Skurnick, Levine Greenberg Literary.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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