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London 1929. Den unge og stærkt selvstændige Maisie Dobbs har for nylig etableret sig som privat efterforsker.Fra en beskeden start som tjenestepige har hun trådt uventede stier, der har ført hende til studier på Cambridge og arbejde som feltsygeplejerske under 1. Verdenskrig.En mand opsøger hende, fordi han mistænker sin kone for at være ham utro, men Maisies første sag viser sig at være langt mere kompliceret end som så. Sagen trækker spor til de traumer, verdenskrigens soldater blev udsatfor i de endeløse skyttegrave, og samtidig tvinger den Maisie til at se sine egne spøgelser i øjnene.Maisie Dobbs er første bind i Jacqueline Winspears underholdende og populære, historiske spændingsserie om den handlekraftige privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.

London 1930. Rygtet om Maisie Dobbs’ evner som psykolog og efterforsker har spredt sig, og hun bliver hyret til at finde gullaschbaronen Joseph Waites bortløbne datter. Men en tilsyneladende enkel sag kompliceres,da tre af datterens gamle veninder bliver fundet døde.Er der en forbindelse mellem den mystiske forsvinden og mordene? Og hvem ville slå tre tilsyneladende respektable, unge kvinder ihjel? Maisies efterforskning gør det snart klart, at svarene skal findes i de store traumer, 1. Verdenskrig har efterladt i sit kølvand.Den hvide fjers orden er andet bind i Jacqueline Winspears underholdende og populære, historiske spændingsserie om den handlekraftige privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.

Bind 3.London, 1930. Agnes Lawson har på sit dødsleje aftvunget sin mand, Sir Cecil Lawton, et hjerteskærende løfte. Lawton opsøger derfor efterforsker og psykolog Maisie Dobbs for at få klarhed omkring deres søns mysterieomgærdede endeligt. Ralph er rapporteret omkommet i tjeneste som pilot under krigen, men Agnes nærede til sin død en indædt mistro til denne skæbne – en mistro, der plagede hende til vanviddets rand.Efterhånden som Maisie borer sig længere ned i sagen om den forsvundne Ralph Lawson, trænger en hidtil uhørt tvivl på egen styrke og agtelsen for hendes mentor Maurice Blanche sig stadig mere insisterende på. Og da hun tvinges tilbage til slagmarken for sine egne krigstraumer, befinder Maisie sig selv pludselig i alvorlig fare.Tilgivelige løgne er tredje bind i Jacqueline Winspears underholdende og populære, historiske spændingsserie om den handlekraftige privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.

Bind 4.London, 1931. Aftenen før åbningen af hans stærkt imødesete udstilling, styrter kunstneren Nicholas Bassington-Hope i døden. Politiet erklærer det for et uheld, men Nicholas’ tvillingesøster Georgina er ikke overbevist. Hun opsøger sin gamle collegeveninde Maisie Dobbs, efterforsker og psykolog, for at få belyst dødsfaldet.Sagen bringer Maisie i faretruende nærkontakt med den dystre bagside af den ellers så velrenommerede kunstverden, og hun må forholde sig roligt og velovervejet, da kræfterne bag Nicholas’ død sniger sig umærkeligt frem af skyggerne for også at komme hende til livs.Sandhedens budbringer er fjerde bind i Jacqueline Winspears underholdende og populære, historiske spændingsserie om den handlekraftige privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIEEn ufuldstændig hævn er femte bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Da en gammel ven henvender sig, drager Maisie Dobbs til en lille malerisk landsby i Kent for at dykke ned i en række uforklarlige forbrydelser, og hun erfarer hurtigt, at beboerne ikke bryder sig om, at fremmede strømmer til ved høsttid.Snart begynder mystiske brande at bryde ud i landsbyen med alarmerende regelmæssighed, og den idylliske facade krakelerer langsomt, men sikkert. Maisie finder landsbyens besynderlige hemmelighedskræmmeri mistænkelig, særligt når det angår et specifikt luftangreb fra en zeppeliner, og hun må trække på alle sine evner for at opklare den intrikate sag.

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIEI vanviddets kløer er sjette bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Midt i juletravlheden er Maisie Dobbs vidne til et selvmord på åben gade. Dagen efter modtager premierministeren et brev med trussel om, at mange menneskeliv vil gå tabt, hvis ikke visse krav bliver indfriet – og i brevet nævnes Maisie ved navn.Efter at være blevet afhørt og frifundet af chefpolitiinspektøren ved Scotland Yard, bliver Maisie særlig rådgiver i sagen og er snart på jagt efter en mand koldblodig nok til at udslette tusinder af uskyldige mennesker. Og opklaringsarbejdet fører Maisie mod et mørke, hvis lige hun ikke har stået over for, siden hun plejede mænd med granatchok på krigens lazaretter.

In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs's career takes an exciting new turn when she accepts an undercover assignment directed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and the Secret Service. Posing as a junior lecturer, she is sent to a college in Cambridge to monitor any activities 'not in the interests of the Crown'.When the college's controversial pacifist founder and principal, Greville Liddicote, is murdered, Maisie is directed to stand back as Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane and Detective Chief Inspector Richard Stratton spearhead the investigation. She soon discovers, however, that the circumstances of Liddicote's death appear inextricably linked to the suspicious comings and goings of faculty and students under her surveillance.As the storm clouds of World War II gather on the horizon, Maisie must overcome a reluctant Secret Service, discover shameful hidden truths about Britain's conduct during the Great War, and face off against the rising powers of the Nazi Party.

Spring 1940. Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a craftsman working on a government contract. As Maisie's inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, the country braces for enemy invasion. And another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.

When young Freddie Hackett witnesses a murder, the police refuse to believe his identification of the murderer. In desperation, he asks Maisie Dobbs to investigate.

Spring, 1937. Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs is making her way home, only to find herself in a dangerous place. She was seeking peace in the hills of Darjeeling, but her sojourn is cut short when her stepmother summons her back to England. But on a ship bound for Southampton, Maisie realises she isn't ready to return. Against the wishes of the captain she disembarks in Gibraltar - the British garrison town is teeming with refugees fleeing a brutal civil war across the border in Spain. Days after Maisie's arrival, a photographer is murdered, and Maisie becomes entangled in the case, drawing the attention of the British Secret Service as she is pulled deeper into political intrigue on 'the Rock' . . .

London, 1933. Some two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered in a South London canal, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, but evidence indicates they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation.Before her death, Usha was staying at an ayah's hostel, a refuge for Indian women whose British employers had turned them out. As Maisie learns, Usha was different from the hostel's other lodgers. But with this discovery comes new danger - soon another Indian woman who was close to Usha is found murdered before she can speak out.As Maisie is pulled deeper into an unfamiliar yet alluring subculture, her investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case. And at the same time her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore...

April, 1933. To the costermongers of London, Eddie Pettit is simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident, the costers are sceptical about the cause of his death, and recruit Maisie Dobbs to investigate. Maisie, who has known these men since childhood and remembers Eddie fondly, is eager to help.But it soon becomes clear that powerful political and financial forces are equally determined to prevent her from learning too much about Eddie's death. As Maisie uncovers lies and manipulation on a national scale, she must decide whether to risk all to see justice done.

When an American war correspondent is found murdered in her London digs, the death is concealed by the British authorities. Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate, accompanied by Mark Scott, the American who helped her to escape Hitler's Munich in 1938.

Returned from a dangerous mission onto enemy soil and having encountered the Fuhrer himself along the way, Maisie Dobbs is fully aware of the gravity of the current situation. When she stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may have been more than they seemed, she is drawn into an investigation that requires all her insight and strength.

August 1914. When war in Europe is declared, a young American cartographer, Michael Clifton, is compelled to fight for his father's native country, and sets sail for England to serve in the British Army. Three years later, he is listed as missing in action.April 1932. After Michael's remains are unearthed in a French field, his devastated parents engage investigator Maisie Dobbs, hoping she can find the unnamed nurse whose love letters were among their late son's belongings. It is a quest that leads Maisie back to her own bittersweet wartime love - and to the discovery that Michael Clifton may not have died in combat. Suddenly an exposed web of intrigue and violence threatens to ensnare the dead soldier's family and even Maisie herself as she attempts to cope with the impending loss of her mentor and the unsettling awareness that she is once again falling in love.

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIEI vanviddets kløer er sjette bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Midt i juletravlheden er Maisie Dobbs vidne til et selvmord på åben gade. Dagen efter modtager premierministeren et brev med trussel om, at mange menneskeliv vil gå tabt, hvis ikke visse krav bliver indfriet – og i brevet nævnes Maisie ved navn.Efter at være blevet afhørt og frifundet af chefpolitiinspektøren ved Scotland Yard, bliver Maisie særlig rådgiver i sagen og er snart på jagt efter en mand koldblodig nok til at udslette tusinder af uskyldige mennesker. Og opklaringsarbejdet fører Maisie mod et mørke, hvis lige hun ikke har stået over for, siden hun plejede mænd med granatchok på krigens lazaretter.

Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, "one of the great fictional heroines" (Parade), investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in a page-turning tale of love and war, terror and survival.When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. He is accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice--Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie get out of Hitler's Munich in 1938. MacFarlane asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon's death.As the Germans unleash the full terror of their blitzkrieg upon the British Isles, raining death and destruction from the skies, Maisie must balance the demands of solving this dangerous case with her need to protect Anna, the young evacuee she has grown to love and wants to adopt. Entangled in an investigation linked to the power of wartime propaganda and American political intrigue being played out in Britain, Maisie will face losing her dearest friend--and the possibility that she might be falling in love again.

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIEEn ufuldstændig hævn er femte bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Da en gammel ven henvender sig, drager Maisie Dobbs til en lille malerisk landsby i Kent for at dykke ned i en række uforklarlige forbrydelser, og hun erfarer hurtigt, at beboerne ikke bryder sig om, at fremmede strømmer til ved høsttid.Snart begynder mystiske brande at bryde ud i landsbyen med alarmerende regelmæssighed, og den idylliske facade krakelerer langsomt, men sikkert. Maisie finder landsbyens besynderlige hemmelighedskræmmeri mistænkelig, særligt når det angår et specifikt luftangreb fra en zeppeliner, og hun må trække på alle sine evner for at opklare den intrikate sag.

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIESandhedens budbringer er fjerde bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Aftenen før åbningen af hans længe imødesete udstilling, styrter kunstneren Nicholas Bassington-Hope i døden. Politiet erklærer det for et uheld, men Nicholas’ tvillingesøster Georgina er ikke overbevist. Hun opsøger sin gamle collegeveninde Maisie Dobbs, efterforsker og psykolog, for at få afklaring om dødsfaldet.Sagen bringer Maisie i faretruende nærkontakt med den dystre bagside af den ellers så velrenommerede kunstverden, og hun må holde hovedet koldt da kræfterne bag Nicholas’ død sniger sig umærkeligt frem af skyggerne for også at komme hende til livs.

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIETilgivelige løgne er tredje bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1930. Sir Cecil Lawton opsøger efterforsker og psykolog Maisie Dobbs for at få klarhed omkring sin søns mystiske endeligt. Ralph er rapporteret omkommet i tjeneste som pilot under krigen, men Lawtons kone Agnes nærede til sin død en indædt mistro til denne forklaring.Efterhånden som Maisie borer sig længere ned i sagen, trænger en hidtil uhørt tvivl på egen styrke og agtelsen for hendes mentor Maurice Blanche sig stadig mere insisterende på. Og da hun tvinges tilbage til slagmarken for sine egne krigstraumer, befinder Maisie sig pludselig i alvorlig fare.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he's shocked to come face to face with the killer. Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: she's working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes she's been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill--reasons that go back to the last war. As Maisie becomes entangled in a power struggle between Britain's intelligence efforts in France and the work of Free French agents operating across Europe, she must also contend with the lingering question of Freddie Hackett's state of mind. What she uncovers could hold disastrous consequences for all involved in this compelling chapter of the "series that seems to get better with every entry" (Wall Street Journal).

Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place . . . In Jacqueline Winspear's powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy, a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gibraltar leads Maisie into a web of lies, deceit, and peril.Spring 1937. In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability?and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure. Now, all she wants is the peace she believes she might find by returning to India. But her sojourn in the hills of Darjeeling is cut short when her stepmother summons her home to England; her aging father Frankie Dobbs is not getting any younger.But on a ship bound for England, Maisie realizes she isn't ready to return. Against the wishes of the captain who warns her, ?You will be alone in a most dangerous place,? she disembarks in Gibraltar. Though she is on her own, Maisie is far from alone: the British garrison town is teeming with refugees fleeing a brutal civil war across the border in Spain.Yet the danger is very real. Days after Maisie's arrival, a photographer and member of Gibraltar's Sephardic Jewish community, Sebastian Babayoff, is murdered, and Maisie becomes entangled in the case, drawing the attention of the British Secret Service. Under the suspicious eye of a British agent, Maisie is pulled deeper into political intrigue on ?the Rock??arguably Britain's most important strategic territory?and renews an uneasy acquaintance in the process. At a crossroads between her past and her future, Maisie must choose a direction, knowing that England is, for her, an equally dangerous place, but in quite a different way.

London, 1933. Two months after Usha Pramal's body is discovered in the waters of a city canal, her brother, newly arrived in England, turns to Maisie Dobbs for help. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, but evidence indicates they failed to conduct a full investigation.Usha had been staying at an ayah's hostel, a refuge for Indian women. As Maisie learns, Usha was different from the hostel's other residents. But with this discovery comes new danger, as a fellow lodger who was close to Usha is found murdered.As Maisie is pulled deeper into an unfamiliar yet alluring subculture, her investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case, and by a growing desire to see more of the world. At the same time, her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore.Bringing a crucial chapter in the life and times of Maisie Dobbs to a close, Leaving Everything Most Loved marks a pivo-tal moment in this remarkable series.