Jacqueline Winspear
Leaving Everything Most Loved: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
Editors' choice
In 1933 the body of Usha Pramal is found in a London canal, but Scotland Yard is slow to solve…
Elegy for Eddie
In this latest outing for Maisie Dobbs, Winspear’s thoughtful and plucky detective returns to her roots across the river in…
An Incomplete Revenge
As a Maisie Dobbs newcomer, for me this book was a revelation. It is fresh, unpretentious, and totally gripping. Unlike…
Among the Mad
I first encountered Maisie Dobbs in her first outing in the book of that title, the premise of which –…
An Incomplete Revenge
Wandering gypsies and East Enders from London converge in 1931 for the traditional September hops-picking by migrant workers, in the…
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