London, 1930. Maisie Dobbs, the renowned psychologist and investigator, receives a most unusual request. She must prove that Sir Cedric Lawton's son Ralph really is dead. This is a case that will challenge Maisie in unexpected ways, for Ralph Lawton was an aviator shot down by enemy fire in 1917. To[...]
London, 1931. Nick Bassington-Hope, veteran of the Great War and controversial artist, is suddenly found dead. His death from a fall, the night before a much-anticipated exhibition of his work, is recorded as 'accidental'. But his sister is not convinced. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrar[...]
1931. Maisie Dobbs' new case takes her investigation into the pastoral beauty of the Kent Weald where acts of arson, theft and vandelism around the village of Heronsdene have gone suspiciously unreported for more than a decade. With the country in the grip of economic malaise, Maisie is relieved to [...]
Christmas Eve,1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the Home Secretary receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met. Maisie is invited into Scotland Yard's elite Special Branch [...]
Early April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are deeply skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie, and why? Maisie [...]
April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are deeply skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie, and why?[...]
London, 1933. Some two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered in a South London canal, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, but evidence indicates they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigatio[...]
London, 1933. Two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. But Maisie's investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case and at the same time her lover, James Compton, gives her an ul[...]
1914. Tom enlists to fight for his country, Thea is drawn onto the battlefield and the family farm becomes Kezia's responsibility. Each must find a way to endure the ensuing turmoil.[...]
A new, stand-alone novel from New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear. By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained - by Thea's passionate embrace of women's suffrage and by the imminent marriage of Kezia to Thea's brot[...]
Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place...In Jacqueline Winspear's powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy, a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gilbral[...]
In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs's career takes an exciting new turn when she accepts an undercover assignment directed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and the Secret Service. Posing as a junior lecturer, she is sent to a private college in Cambridge to monitor any activities, "not in the inter[...]
1914. When war in Europe is declared, a young American cartographer, Michael Clifton, is compelled to fight for his father's native country, and sets sail for England to serve in the British Army. Three years later, he is listed as missing in action. 1932. After Michael's remains are unearthed in a[...]
Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns in a powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy: a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gilbraltar leads the investigator into a web of lies, deceit, and peril.S[...]
The "New York Times" bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel, a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged, fractured world.By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since girlhood,[...]
Lady Rowan Compton first met Maisie when, at thirteen, she went into service as a maid at her ladyship's Belgravia mansion. A suffragette, Lady Rowan took the remarkably smart youngster under her wing and became her patron. She encouraged Maisie to study at Cambridge, and was aided in this by Mauric[...]
Klassisk britisk krim med en forfriskende vriFor alle som liker Herskap og tjenere og Downton Abbey,kommer nå endelig Jacqueline Winspears bøker om Maisie Dobbs på norsk. Handlingen er lagt til 1930-tallet i London, og Maisie Dobbs er en ung, modig privatetterforsker som med klokskap og medmennes[...]
Første bok om Maisie Dobbs - klassisk krim med forfriskende vri!For alle som liker Herskap og tjenere og Downton Abbey, kommer nå endelig Jacqueline Winspears bøker om Maisie Dobbs på norsk.London 1929: Ved enden av Warren Street er dyktige og vitale Maisie Dobbs i ferd med å åpne sitt eget et[...]
För alla som älskar Agatha Christie och Alexander McCall Smith kommer nu Jacqueline Winspears böcker om Maisie Dobbs. Handlingen utspelar sig på 1930-talet i London och Maisie Dobbs är en ung, modig privatspanare som med sin intelligens och klokhet löser fall som polisen går bet på.
Det är tidig vår 1930 och Maisie Dobbs får i uppdrag att söka rätt på en ung kvinna som försvunnit. Kvinnan är dotter till en förmögen, self-made man vid namn Joseph Waite, som försökt stänga in sin dotter i en gyllene bur. När Maisie börjar undersöka fallet leder det till en utredni[...]
Maisie Dobbs får ett uppdrag som hon egentligen inte vill ha. Det tar henne motvilligt tillbaka till Frankrike och minnena från tiden som sjuksköterska under första världskriget. Hennes uppdrag är att ta reda på om Sir Cecil Lawtons son Ralph verkligen dog under sin tjänstgöring i Frankrike[...]