Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

Is the murder of an innocent justified in the cause of the greater good?  Maisie Dobbs confronts this question head on when she investigates the murder of one of her own.  Three friends and fellow costermongers of Maisie's dad are not convinced that Eddie Pettit's death was an accident.  They ask Maisie to investigate his death at the paper factory where he worked.   Eddie's employer is a powerful British publisher heavily invested in preparing for the next war with Germany.  Was Eddie murdered to keep war preparations secret? 335 pages.