Pardonable Lies
de WINSPEAR, Jacqueline
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0805078975
- ISBN 13
- 9780805078978
- Librería
-
Lancaster, California, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Reseñas
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.
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Anglophile Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5817
- Título
- Pardonable Lies
- Autor
- WINSPEAR, Jacqueline
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover; Trade PB
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good-
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Advance Review Copy
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0805078975
- ISBN 13
- 9780805078978
- Editorial
- Henry Holt
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- LCCN
- 2005046388
- Palabras clave
- World War I, Mystery, Private Investigator, London, British Woman Author, Pilot
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mystery; Anglophile Mystery; British Women Authors;
- Size
- 342 pages.
Términos de venta
Anglophile Books
All books subject to prior sale. All dust wrappers in protective mylar covers. Visa & Mastercard happily accepted at our secure (SSL) web site AnglophileBooks.com. Digital photograph of book available upon request. Media shipping in US; $5.10 for 1st book, $1.00 each additional. Please visit our web site for usually lower, priority & international rates as well as titles not yet listed with Biblio. We are required to collect sales tax on orders shipped to California addresses unless you have a valid resale number. We accept US$ and � checks, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover at our secure (SSL) web site AnglophileBooks.com. Reciprocal trade courtesies extended except on certain consignment items. Returns accepted with prior notification. Please email for availability and confirmation.
Sobre el vendedor
Anglophile Books
Sobre Anglophile Books
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- PB
- ...
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....