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The Maisie Dobbs Series
Jacqueline Winspear
Paperback, (294/336/359/336) pages; 2004/2005/2006/2007 (2003/2005/2005/2006)
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In the first installment of Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series, it's the spring of 1929, and Maisie has just opened her one-woman detective agency in London. When wealthy Christopher Davenham hires her to investigate his wife's suspected infidelity, Maisie is sure it will be an open-and-shut case. During her routine surveillance of Mrs. Davenham, Maisie learns about the Retreat, a convalescent home for disfigured World War I veterans in the English countryside. It seems that several of the Retreat's inhabitants—including one closely connected to Mrs. Davenham—have died recently under mysterious circumstances.As Maisie searches for clues about the deaths, she's drawn back into her own memories of the Great War, when she served as a nurse in France and witnessed firsthand the soldiers' terrible physical and psychological wounds. Maisie Dobbs introduces an intuitive and highly likable new heroine to mystery fans. You won't want to miss any of Maisie's exciting adventures, so you better go ahead and get Birds of a Feather, Pardonable Lies, and Messenger of Truth now, too!
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