A Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs Novel: 8 - Softcover

Winspear, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062065068 ISBN 13: 9780062065063

Publisher: Harper Large Print, 2011

Synopsis

Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear's award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities "not in the interests of His Majesty's government." When the college's pacifist founder is murdered, Maisie finds herself in the midst of sinister web of murder, scandal, and conspiracy, activities that point towards members of the ascendant Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei--the Nazi Party--on Britain's shores. An instant classic, and sure to captivate long-time Maisie Dobbs fans as well as readers of Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, and Alexander McCall Smith, A Lesson in Secrets is "a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity" (Richmond Times-Dispatch).

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Pub Date: 2011-03-22 Pages: 474 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US It seems like an easy assignment for an assertive but sweet woman like Gracie Snow: track down her friend. Bobby Denton. a famous ex-jock. and bring him to Heaven (Texas. that is) to shoot a movie. How could he refuse a glamorous offer like that Easy. if youve got a big ego. a 1957 T-Bird and prefer cruising the highways for girls. Still. Bobby cant get Gracie. an angel. out of his mind. Why not head to Heaven and raise a little hell Gracie can look out for the consequences. Susan Elizabeth Phillips makes you laugh. cry ... makes you feel good. (Jayne Ann Krentz) Gracie Snow debe conseguir que el legendario futbolista de los Chicago Stars. Bobby Tom Denton. regrese a su hogar en Heaven. Texas. para rodar all su primera pelcula. Pero domar a un tejano egosta que conduce un T-Bird del 57 puede ser de...

Review:

"The latest in Winspear's terrific series of historical mysteries finds her private detective--the fiercely independent, psychologically astute Maisie Dobbs--going undercover for the British Secret Service to assess the rising influence of the Nazi Party at English universities. Maisie is one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting."--Parade

"The combination of period detail and intricate storytelling makes A Lesson in Secrets seem distant enough to be romantic but sufficiently modern to engage our sympathies."--Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

"There's something exceptionally comforting about becoming enthralled with a new heroine, to whom a reader can return in an ongoing series. But she must be complex.... Depth is mandatory. I've found this in Maisie Dobbs.... For as long as each novel lasts, we live in Maisie's suspenseful, intelligent world."--Evelyn Theiss, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Maisie is one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting."--Parade

"With an affecting storyline and graceful prose, Winspear has again created a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

Maisie is one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting. --Parade"

The combination of period detail and intricate storytelling makes A Lesson in Secrets seem distant enough to be romantic but sufficiently modern to engage our sympathies. --Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal"

With an affecting storyline and graceful prose, Winspear has again created a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity. --Richmond Times-Dispatch"

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Large Print
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062065068
• ISBN 13: 9780062065063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 474