Leaving Everything Most Loved - Brossura

Jacqueline Winspear

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0062255398 ISBN 13: 9780062255396

Casa editrice: Harper, 2013

Riassunto

In this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling Maisie Dobbs series, Maisie investigates the murder of Indian immigrants in London.

London, 1933. Some two months after the body of Usha Pramal is found in the brackish water of a south-London canal, Maisie Dobbs is contacted by the dead woman's brother, newly arrived from India, to find her killer. Scotland Yard made no arrests in the case, and there is reason to believe they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation. Usha had spent several years living in an Ayah's Hostel, a place where lodging was offered to women who had left India with their British employers, only to be turned out penniless when their services were no longer needed.

But Maisie soon finds out that Usha is somewhat different and the case becomes even more challenging when another Indian woman, scheduled to meet with Maisie to talk about Usha, is found murdered just hours before the interview. As Maisie becomes immersed in a culture that already holds a fascination for her, she continues to struggle with the unfinished business of a previous case, and also with the pull of travel and her desire to follow in the footsteps of her former mentor, Maurice Blanche, and see more of the world. At the same time, her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum that she can't ignore.

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Recensione:

A thoughtful, probing series....As in all books, it's Maisie's extraordinary empathy that strikes a chord. Like any typical PI, Maisie is preternaturally acute and given to noticing tiny details, but it's her compassion that allows her to illuminate some of the most pressing and staggeringly painful issues of her day, delivering unexpected answers and sense of peace to her clients-and her readers. (9 Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read, Oprah.com)

A work of great humanity and a stellar entry in a superb series. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

L'autore:

Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Elegy for Eddie, A Lesson in Secrets, The Mapping of Love and Death, and Among the Mad, as well as five other national bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, Maisie Dobbs, which was also nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and was a New York Times Notable Book. Originally from the United Kingdom, she now lives in California.

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• Editore: Harper
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062255398
• ISBN 13: 9780062255396
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352