Praise for Jacqueline Winspear and the Maisie Dobbs Novels “A detective series to savor.” —Time “In Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear has given us a real gift. Maisie Dobbs has not been created—she has been discovered.
... Maisie Dobbs wasstaring directly ather now,and raising herhand ina manner so compelling that the visitor could not leave,could do nothing but meet the other woman's eyesin return. Andinthat moment, as Maisie Dobbs captured her withher ...
Books 5 and 6 Jacqueline Winspear. “Yes, he remembers you, Miss Dobbs. That's another reason why you were summoned at an unearthly hour on Boxing Day morning.” MAISIE ' S FIRST VISITto New Scotland Yard, on the Embankment, had taken ...
... Maisie Dobbs series was an instant success, with the first vol- ume, Maisie Dobbs , being named a New York Times book of the year. Her in- terest in World War I grew out of personal family history; although the books are set after the ...
The bestselling inter-war mystery series Jacqueline Winspear. Praise for the Maisie Dobbs series ' In Maisie Dobbs , Jacqueline Winspear has given us a real gift . Maisie Dobbs has not been created she has been discovered . Such people ...
... Maisie Dobbs, 2005: 230). Is the director, Major Jenkins, really what he professes to be, i.e. a philanthropist intent on relieving the suffering of mutilated soldiers; are his motives really as altruistic as they seem to be? If so, why ...
... Maisie not only employs it herself , she successfully teaches it to her Cockney assistant Billy Beale , a former soldier whose leg Simon and Maisie had managed to save in France . As an example of England's “ wakin ... Maisie Dobbs □ 135.
... Dobbs, her investigative assistant Billy Beale, who was gravely wounded, and her clients, all of whom lost loved ... Maisie Dobbs was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel, marking only the second time that a first novel was ...
... Maisie Dobbs , a nurse in the war , now runs a detective agency and relies as much on standard investigative techniques as on intuition . Maisie Dobbs is the first in this series.53 Psychological Suspense Keith R. Ablow . Although ...
... Maisie Dobbs novels, by Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs started her career in service, began auniversity education under the patronage of her former employer, worked as a nurse during the Great War, and started a small investigation ...
