Leaving Everything Most Loved: The bestselling inter-war mystery series (Maisie Dobbs) - Softcover

Jacqueline Winspear

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749014598 ISBN 13: 9780749014599

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 2014

Synopsis

London, 1933. Some two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered in a South London canal, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, but evidence indicates they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation. Before her death, Usha was staying at an ayah's hostel, a refuge for Indian women whose British employers had turned them out. As Maisie learns, Usha was different from the hostel's other lodgers. But with this discovery comes new danger - soon another Indian woman who was close to Usha is found murdered before she can speak out. As Maisie is pulled deeper into an unfamiliar yet alluring subculture, her investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case. And at the same time her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore ...

About this title

Review:

'Maisie Dobbs has not been created - she has been discovered. And what a revelation she is!' --Alexander McCall Smith

'I'm a huge Maisie Dobbs fan' --Lee Child

'An absorbing read' --The Observer

From the Back Cover:

London, 1933. Two months after Usha Pramal's body is discovered in the waters of a city canal, her brother, newly arrived in England, turns to Maisie Dobbs for help. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, but evidence indicates they failed to conduct a full investigation.

Usha had been staying at an ayah's hostel, a refuge for Indian women. As Maisie learns, Usha was different from the hostel's other residents. But with this discovery comes new danger, as a fellow lodger who was close to Usha is found murdered.

As Maisie is pulled deeper into an unfamiliar yet alluring subculture, her investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case, and by a growing desire to see more of the world. At the same time, her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore.

Bringing a crucial chapter in the life and times of Maisie Dobbs to a close, Leaving Everything Most Loved marks a pivo-tal moment in this remarkable series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0749014598
• ISBN 13: 9780749014599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384