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A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander.
--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs

Hailed by NPR s Fresh Air as part Testament of Youth, part Dorothy Sayers, and part Upstairs, Downstairs, this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to coast and is poised to add Maisie Dobbs to the ranks of literature s favorite sleuths.Maisie Dobbs isn t just any... Read Full Overview

She started as a maid in an aristocratic London household; studied her way into prestigious Girton College at Cambridge; then became a front-line nurse in World War I. There she found - and lost - an important part of herself. Now she has set up on her own as a private investigator,... Read Full Overview

Hailed by NPRs "Fresh Air" as part "Testament of Youth," part Dorothy Sayers, and part "Upstairs, Downstairs," this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to coast and is poised to add Maisie Dobbs to the ranks of literatures favorite sleuths. Maisie Dobbs isnt just... Read Full Overview