Immensely readable and vivid addition to the world of historical crime writing, Jacqueline has evoked the time and place of post first world war Britain quite brilliantly with a brilliantly told mystery that will keep you guessing to the end. Chilling, suspenseful and riveting.
London, 1930. Maisie Dobbs, the renowned psychologist and investigator, receives a most unusual request. She must prove that Sir Cecil 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 get to the bottom of the mystery, Maisie must travel to the former battlefields of northern France, where she served as a nurse in the Great War and where ghosts of her past still linger. As her investigation moves closer to the truth, Maisie soon uncovers the secrets and lies that some people would prefer remain buried.'Maisie Dobbs in a delightful character . . . an enjoyable mystery' Literary Review
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London, 1930. Maisie Dobbs, the renowned psychologist and investigator, receives a most unusual request.
Pardonable Lies features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Pardonable Lies was written by Jacqueline Winspear and published by John Murray an imprint of John Murray Press
Pardonable Lies has 336 pages
Yes it is part of A Maisy Dobbs Mystery series
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