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""A gripping read...I couldn't put it down. The characters really come alive."" ""This is a brilliant addition to the Lizzie's War series, full of intrigue, false trails and steeped in the history of 1940."" ""I loved the way the sub-plot is woven into the main action."" May 1940. Germany has invaded Holland and Belgium and Britain is trembling with rumours about refugees being Nazi agents preparing for an invasion. Anti-semitism is poisoning minds, the British Union of Fascists growing stronger. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister and delivers his 'blood, toil, tears and sweat' speech. Lizzie Barnes, 20 years old, joins the Air Transport Auxiliary to train as a pilot in a group of eight trainees, one of whom, Edward Melford, is murdered. Based at White Waltham airfield near Maidenhead, the past of the trainees is slowly uncovered by the calm Inspector Hawkins of Maidenhead Police. It is Lizzie though, with her sharp observation and brilliant deduction, who finally unlocks the mystery when Hawkins is struggling. This novel captures the feel of wartime Britain expertly and explores the uncomfortable areas of anti-semitism and misogyny. It is a novel of great compassion and sensitivity as well as intrigue. Don't forget to read the sample online and, if you enjoy Eager for the Air, you'll love the other two books in the series, New Swan Stone and Meteor both set later in the War in 1943.

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