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Author:

Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- author.

Title:

Maisie Dobbs : a novel / Jacqueline Winspear.

Edition:

Tenth anniversary edition.

Publisher:

Soho,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

304 pages ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Women private investigators--London--London--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Originally published: New York: Soho, 2003.

Summary:

Maisie Dobbs entered domestic service in 1910 at thirteen, working for Lady Rowan Compton. When her remarkable intelligence is discovered by her employer, Maisie becomes the pupil of Maurice Blanche, a learned friend of the Comptons. In 1929, following an apprenticeship with Blanche, Maisie hangs out her shingle: "M. Dobbs, trade and personal investigations." She soon becomes enmeshed in a mystery surrounding The Retreat, a reclusive community of wounded WWI veterans. At first, Maisie only suspects foul play, but she must act quickly when Lady Rowan's son decides to sign away his fortune and take refuge there. Maisie hurriedly investigates, uncovering a disturbing mystery, which, in an astonishing denouement, gives Maisie the courage to confront a ghost that has haunted her for years.

ISBN:

1616954078
9781616954079

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