A Lesson in Secrets, #8 in the Maisie Dobbs series, is set in 1932 England, the time between the wars, when lives were affected both the war that passed and the war to come. Maisie takes on an undercover assignment in a college in Cambridge where the founder is murdered. As always, Winspear does not disappoint. The multiple plot lines pulled me along. I could not put the book down and read nearly through the night to finish. The characters are fascinating and the level of detail is amazing. Clearly the author did her research on college life in England in the time period, and on the rise of fascism and its appeal to the British upper classes.