Pardonable Lies
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780805078978 (0805078975)
ASIN: 805078975
Publish date: August 10th 2005
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Pages no: 342
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Cozy Mystery
Series: Maisie Dobbs (#3)
London, 1930. Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs is hired to prove that a wartime aviator really died when his plane went down years ago, an investigation that leads her back to France for the first time since she served there as a nurse. She has to confront those memories in order to bring ...
liked it, but the writing seemed a bit redundant/duplicative in places and the narrator kinda irked me...more to follow
Like most Maisie Dobbs books, this included a case related to the aftermath of WWI as well as a case that makes Maisie think about her personal experiences in the war. Her first case is an odd one, as she is asked to prove that a man’s son did not survive the war. This leads to a more personal inves...
I really enjoy this series. The mellow telling doesn't hurt the story which moves at a very satisfying pace - not too fast and not too slow. The mysteries, and there are more than one, are drawn to a close in a very natural manner - some obvious, others not so much. I have read all the books in thi...
Two of my favorite genres are historic fiction and mystery, so to discover a series that combines the two, and does it exceptionally well, is always a real find. Jacqueline Winspear has created a winner in her Maisie Dobbs series. Set in England just following World War I, Maisie Dobbs a psycholog...
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