Among the Mad
Maisie Dobbs is anything but merry as she walks home on Christmas Eve, 1931. She's just witnessed the suicide of a man on a crowded London street. What unfolds the next day is even more troubling. A letter delivered to the prime minister's office promises massive mayhem, the destruction of...
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Maisie Dobbs is anything but merry as she walks home on Christmas Eve, 1931. She's just witnessed the suicide of a man on a crowded London street. What unfolds the next day is even more troubling. A letter delivered to the prime minister's office promises massive mayhem, the destruction of thousands of lives -- and, most surprising of all, it mentions Maisie by name. Drawn into the case first as a suspect, then as a consultant, Dobbs realizes that only she and her assistant are standing between a madman and his terrorist dreams.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781429919753 (1429919752)
Publish date: April 1st 2010
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Maisie Dobbs (#6)
As ever this series is a source of mellow if melancholic pleasure. And this installment was as satisfying as it's predecessors. Surprisingly the mystery felt more center-stage than in some of the previous books even though there was a fair amount of emotional development on Maisie's part. I suspect...
I read and reviewed the first book in the Maisie Dobbs series, Birds of a Feather, a few years ago. I gave it three stars, commenting that Maisie was a bit too perfect, and the book had some odd historical inaccuracies. I've recently become interested in WWI, so I thought I would try another book ...
Enjoyed this outing of Maisie Dobbs. Love the time period of the books, between WWI & WWII. Haven't read many books during this time period.
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