Maisie Dobbs (Book 1) - Softcover

Winspear, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142004332 ISBN 13: 9780142004333

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2004

Synopsis

Hailed by NPR’s Fresh Air as part Testament of Youth, part Dorothy Sayers, and part Upstairs, Downstairs, this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to coast and is poised to add Maisie Dobbs to the ranks of literature’s favorite sleuths.

Maisie Dobbs isn’t just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence—and the patronage of her benevolent employers—she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Congratulations to Jacqueline Winspear! Maisie Dobbs is the #4 pick on the July-August BookSense 76 List

About the Author:

Jacqueline Winspear was born and raised in Kent, in the south of England.  In 1990, after a career in publishing in London, she moved to California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0142004332
• ISBN 13: 9780142004333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294