Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Novel - Hardcover

Winspear, Jacqueline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805078983 ISBN 13: 9780805078985

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2006

Synopsis

In 1931 London, when controversial artist Nick Bassington-Hope falls to his death before the opening of an exhibition of his work at a Mayfair gallery and police refuse to investigate, his journalist sister Georgina enlists the aid of psychologist Maisie Dobbs to uncover the truth about the case. 100,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

'In Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear has given us a real gift. Maisie Dobbs has not been created - she has been discovered. Such people are always there amongst us, waiting for somebody like Ms. Winspear to come along and reveal them. And what a revelation it is!' (Alexander McCall Smith)

'These books are not only good mysteries but enlightening chunks of social history' (Kaufman on Crime, Scotsman)

The British counterpart to Alexander McCall Smith's The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Associated Press)

Immensely readable ... a vivid new addition to crime fiction (Daily Mail)

A heroine to cherish (New York Times)

A fine new sleuth for the twenty-first century (Elizabeth George)

Even if detective stories aren't your thing, you'll love Maisie Dobbs (New Woman)

'A new Maisie Dobbs mystery is always a cause for celebration... 'Messenger of Truth' [is] fiendishly entertaining' (Time Out)

Book Description:

Charming sleuth Maisie Dobbs returns in her fourth mystery, investigating a mysterious death in the art world of 1930s London

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0805078983
• ISBN 13: 9780805078985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322