Pardonable Lies is the third mystery novel in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear.
London-based investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of World War I’s most traumatic memories to solve the mystery of a pilot’s death.
Miss Marple by Agatha Christie. Kinsey Millhone by Sue Grafton. Precious Ramotswe by Alexander McCall Smith. From time to time, a detective solves a case that captivates readers, the imagination does not leave. And so is Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs, who made her debut two years ago in the series’ first book of the same title, and is well on her way to becoming a household name.
His wife’s pleas on her deathbed lead Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the help of Maisie Dobbs, a psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepts that her pilot’s son was killed in the Great War, a torment that not only brought her to the brink of insanity but also led to the gates of the villains. practice the dark arts and communicate with the spirit world. Upon accepting the assignment, Maisie finds her mental strength put to the test, as does her respect for her mentor, Maurice Blanche.
The mission also once again brings her back to her college friend Priscilla Evernden, who served in France and lost three brothers in the war, it turns out that one of them has a fascinating connection to Ralph Lawton missing.
Masie is taken from the beginning is the best.. “Masie Dobbs”.. book. The series is about World War I as well as about traditional murder and chaos..a lot of that, rest assured.
The characters that appeared in episode one have, for the most part, survived, grown, aged and, yes, died in a nation gripped by a world war that caused post-traumatic stress disorder. hurt..as the series goes on..a perspective not often explored in the “official” history of that conflict.
The main characters are shaped by war in very direct ways that Winstead incorporates in his novels as an essential element to telling their stories. The novel is set in England, beginning in or around 1917 and so far taking us to the Blitz during the Second World War. Children have to do their part.
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Pardonable Lies
- A Maisie Dobbs Novel
