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Maisie Dobbs : a novel
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-2005
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She started as a maid in an aristocratic London household, studied her way into Garton College at Cambridge, then became a front line nurse in WW1. Now she has set up on her own as a private investigator - with a case that will force her to confront the ghost of her past. A favorite mystery series of Hillary Clinton (as mentioned in What Happened, The New York Times Book Review, and New York Magazine)A New York Times Notable Book of the YearAgatha Award Winner for Best First NovelMacavity Award Winner for Best First NovelAlex Award WinnerFiercely independent Maisie Dobbs has recently set herself up as a private detective. Such a move may not seem especially startling. But this is 1929, and Maisie is exceptional in many ways.Having started as a maid to the London aristocracy, studied her way to Cambridge and served as a nurse in the Great War, Maisie has wisdom, experience and understanding beyond her years. Little does she realise the extent to which this strength of character is soon to be tested. For her first case forces her to uncover secrets long buried, and to confront ghosts from her own past . . .'In Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear has given us a real gift' Alexander McCall Smith
Main title:
Maisie Dobbs : a novel / Jacqueline Winspear.
Author:
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2005.
Collation:
311 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Soho, 2003.
ISBN:
9780719566226 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6123.I575
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1019519