Yet when a final confrontation approaches, she must acknowledge the potential cost to her future - and the risk of destroying a dream she wants very much to become reality. Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Consequences of Fear, The American Agent, and To Die but Once, as well as thirteen other bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels and The Care and Management of Lies, a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. To Die But Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels, Book 14): Jacqueline Winspear: 9781538501092: : Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: 25.99 List Price: 39.99 Details Save: 14.00 (35) FREE delivery March 10 - 13. Maisie's investigation leads her from the countryside of rural Hampshire to the web of wartime opportunism exploited by one of the London underworld's most powerful men, in a case that serves as a reminder of the inextricable link between money and war. Cassidy guides listeners through the emotional, physical, and long-term impacts of two wars and illuminates the unrecognized role of women. As news of the plight of thousands of soldiers stranded on the beaches of France is gradually revealed to the general public, and the threat of invasion rises, another young man beloved by Maisie makes a terrible decision that will change his life forever. The story moves around in time from White’s life in Britain in 1947, to her recruitment in the Belgian Resistance as a teen during WWI, and her work as an SOE agent during WWII. I love this series for the character development, the characters themselves, the plot development, and the excellent writing.

Maisie Dobbs - one of the most complex and admirable characters in contemporary fiction ( Richmond Times Dispatch) - faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II.ĭuring the months following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs investigates the disappearance of a young apprentice working on a hush-hush government contract. Jacqueline Winspear is one of the few authors in my life that I buy as soon as a book is released and I have both print and audible versions of the Marie Dobb’s Series.

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