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Title details for Playing It Safe by Ashley Weaver - Available

Playing It Safe

#3 in series

by Ashley Weaver
Alison Larkin
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As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She is to travel under an assumed identity to the port city of Sunderland and there await further instructions. Ellie, ever-ready to aid her country, heads north, her safe-cracking tools in tow. But before she can rendezvous with the major, she witnesses an unnatural death. A man falls dead in the street in front of her, with a mysterious missive clutched in his hand. Ellie's instincts tell her that the man's death is connected in some way to her mission. After she is reunited with Major Ramsey, the pair discovers that the dead man had ties to a counterfeiting operation, supplying German spies with fraudulent British currency to use in their operations. Even more troubling, it quickly becomes apparent someone high-up in the operation is helping to smuggle those spies into England across the North Sea. Soon, Ellie and the major are locked in a battle of wits and a race against time with an unknown and deadly adversary. With German bombs dropping on the city and a would-be assassin shadowing their every move, it will take all of Ellie's resourcefulness and Major Ramsey's fortitude to unmask the spymaster and avert disastrous consequences—for England and for their own lives.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Electra McDonnell

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 9, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666633504
      • File size: 233782 KB
      • Duration: 08:07:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from March 20, 2023
      Weaver’s outstanding third Electra McDonnell adventure (after 2022’s The Key to Deceit) sees McDonnell, a former safecracking thief, take on a murky new assignment from British intelligence: she knows only that she’s expected to assume a new identity and leave behind her family in blitz-era London for the city of Sunderland. Shortly after arriving at her rooming house, McDonnell sees a man fall dead in the street. She quickly learns he’s part of the reason she’s been summoned: McDonnell’s assigning officer, Major Ramsey, informs her the man was part of an ID counterfeiting scheme that makes it possible for German spies to operate in England. Despite their different working approaches, Ellie and Ramsey go undercover as a couple and develop a plan to take down the mastermind behind the scheme. Weaver populates this bright, fast-paced thriller with engagingly flawed characters and breathless action. Readers will delight at the dynamic between the leads and look forward to future adventures. Agent: Ann Collette, Rees Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Alison Larkin narrates this intriguing mystery set amid WWII bombings. Youthful Ellie McDonnell, a safecracking thief from a family of safecrackers and pickpockets, is best known for her skillful fingers and charming wit. For the third time, crisp-voiced, no-nonsense Major Ramsey, of British Intelligence, utilizes Ellie and her unusual skills for a mysterious mission involving bird-watching and something else--something devious. Larkin skillfully keeps up with the fast-paced plot filled with espionage, assassins, and secret identities. Characters are bestowed with distinctive Irish, Scottish, and British accents. Ever attentive to minute details, Ellie unravels the mystery, joining forces with Ramsey to foil the Nazis yet again. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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