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By the author of Maisie Dobbs, a national bestseller
and top ten Book Sense pick.
June 2004 | Fiction/Mystery
$25 Hardcover
ISBN: 1-56947-368-4
Dram. rights: Amy Rennert Literary Agency
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"A quirky literary creation.
If you cross-pollinated Vera Britain's classic World War I memoir, Testament
of Youth, with Dorothy Sayers's Harriet Vane mysteries and a dash of
the old PBS series 'Upstairs, Downstairs,' you'd approximate the peculiar
range of topics and tones within this novel.... Intelligent eccentricity."
—Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air" on
NPR |
"Deft... Prepare to be
astonished at the sensitivity and wisdom with which Maisie resolves her
first professional assignment.... Winspear takes her through her ordeal
with great compassion."
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book
Review |
"Surprisingly fresh.... Believable
and compelling."
—San
Francisco Chronicle |
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Maisie Dobbs is back and this time she has been hired to find a wealthy grocery
magnate's daughter who has fled from home. A simple case becomes complicated
when Maisie learns of the recent violent deaths of three of the heiress's old
friends. Is there a connection between her mysterious disappearance and the
murders? As Maisie investigates further, she discovers that the answers lie
in the unforgettable agony of The Great War.
JACQUELINE WINSPEAR was born and raised in England
and now lives in California. Among other honors, her first Maisie Dobbs novel
was a National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 2003, and a 2003
Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.
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