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Pardonable Lies
de Winspear, Jacqueline
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805078975
- ISBN 13
- 9780805078978
- Librería
-
Garrison, New York, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Henry Holt. First Printing. Stated First Edition with full number line starting with 1. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2005.
Reseñas
El Apr 3 2014, CloggieDownunder dijo:
Pardonable Lies is the third book in the Maisie Dobbs series by British-born American author, Jacqueline Winspear. Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator, uses her unique skills to tease from a thirteen-year-old girl the circumstances of her “uncle’s” death. Avril Jarvis is the prime suspect, but Maisie doubts her guilt, and sends Billy Beale to Avril’s hometown of Taunton to do some investigating. Meanwhile, Lord Julian Compton asks aisie to take on a case for a friend, Sir Cecil Lawton, QC. Maisie’s brief is to confirm that Cecil’s son, Ralph, died in a plane crash in France during the Great War, some 13 years ago. A reunion with her college friend, Priscilla Partridge (nee Evernden) sees Maisie also agreeing to establish the fate of her eldest brother, Peter, ostensibly another Great War casualty. After some initial research into Ralph Lawton’s background in England, Maisie reluctantly travels to France, the scene of her own wartime traumas. Her mentor, Maurice Blanche, insists on accompanying her, a move Maisie finds rather unsettling; she is unsettled, too, by several incidents which lead her to believe her life is in danger. Once again, the narration proceeds at a deliberate pace to cement a plot with several twists. While some details soon become obvious, there are a few intriguing surprises in store for the reader. Maisie’s trust in Maurice is compromised; she is involved in accidents in her beloved MG; poisoned chocolates, missing War Office records, a popular politician, secret passages, a gay men’s club, psychics and a secret diary all feature. As always, Winspear creates a 1930’s world that feels authentic, including rumblings about Nazi Germany. She continues to fill out the background of her regular characters in this enthralling historical mystery.
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Detalles
- Librería
- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 016061
- Título
- Pardonable Lies
- Autor
- Winspear, Jacqueline
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805078975
- ISBN 13
- 9780805078978
- Editorial
- Henry Holt
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- Páginas
- 342
- LCCN
- 2005046388
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
Garrison, New York
Sobre J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
We are a 50 year old, third generation antiquarian bookshop nestled in the bucolic Hudson Highlands of New York's historic Hudson Valley, less than a mile from a transverse of the Appalachian Trail. While we have strong first edition literature and poetry collections, we specialize in New York, history, and Americana. We are a proud member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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- Fine
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