Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel - Jacqueline Winspear (Paperback)

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“MAISIE DOBBS IS A REVELATION!” — ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH, AUTHOR OF THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY

IN THE THIRD NOVEL OF THIS MASTERLY AND AWARD-WINNING CRIME SERIES, a celebrated plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton, KC, to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her only to the edge of madness but also to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. Determined to prove Ralph Lawton either dead or alive, Maisie is plunged into a case that tests her spiritual strength, as well as her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche. The mission will bring her to France and reunite her with old friend Priscilla Evernden, who lost three brothers in the war, one of whom has an intriguing connection to the case.

Set against a finely drawn portrait of life between the World Wars, Pardonable Lies is “a thrilling mystery that will enthrall fans of Jacqueline Winspear’s heroine and likely win her new ones” (Detroit Free Press).

“Maisie’s most assured outing to date… The mood and atmosphere of the period ring with authenticity, and the class tension that underlies many of Maisie’s dealings lends the narrative extra sparkle.” — San Francisco Chronicle

“For readers yearning for the calm and insightful intelligence of a main character like P. D. James’s Cordelia Gray, Maisie Dobbs is spot-on.” — The Boston Globe

“A prim 1930s British gumshoe is one of the freshest, most modern heroines in recent memory. Maisie Dobbs takes her place in the upper echelon of literary female detectives, right next to Kinsey Millhone and Kay Scarpetta… Pardonable Lies is as stylish as a whodunit gets.” — Bookpage

“I couldn’t put the book down and rushed out right away to get the other two. Maisie Dobbs is a joy.” — The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, AUTHOR INTERVIEW, AND EXCERPT FROM THE NEXT MAISIE DOBBS NOVEL, MESSENGER OF TRUTH, INCLUDED INSIDE