"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." â€”Maureen Corrigan, NPR'sÂ Fresh Air, on Maisie DobbsMaisie Dobbs got her

Maisie Dobbs
- This is the 10th printing of the 2003 first paperback edition of this Edgar and multiple-award-winning historical mystery by Jacqueline Winstead.
"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander."
â€”Maureen Corrigan, NPR'sÂ Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs

Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the remarkably bright youngster under her wing. Lady Rowan's friend, Maurice Blanche, often retained as an investigator by the European elite, recognized Maisieâ€™s intuitive gifts and helped her earn admission to the prestigious Girton College in Cambridge, where Maisie planned to complete her education.
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The outbreak of war changed everything. Maisie trained as a nurse, then left for France to serve at the Front, where she foundâ€”and lostâ€”an important part of herself. Ten years after the Armistice, in the spring of 1929, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator, one who has learned that coincidences are meaningful, and truth elusive. Her very first case involves suspected infidelity but reveals something very different.
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In the aftermath of the Great War, a former officer has founded a working farm known as The Retreat, that acts as a convalescent refuge for ex-soldiers too shattered to resume normal life. When Fate brings Maisie a second case involving The Retreat, she must finally confront the ghost that has haunted her for over a decade.
Country USA
Brand Soho Press
Manufacturer Soho Crime
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781616954079
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-06-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616954079

Country	USA
Brand	Soho Press
Manufacturer	Soho Crime
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781616954079
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-06-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616954079

Maisie Dobbs

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