02469cam a2200517 i 4500 853076622 TxAuBib 20230617120000.0 150205t20142003||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015300003 9781616954079 1616954078 (OCoLC)876290823 TxAuBib rda Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- Maisie Dobbs : a novel / Jacqueline Winspear. Tenth anniversary edition. New York, NY : Soho, [2014] ©2003. 304 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Maisie Dobbs entered domestic service in 1910 at thirteen, working for Lady Rowan Compton. When her remarkable intelligence is discovered by her employer, Maisie becomes the pupil of Maurice Blanche, a learned friend of the Comptons. In 1929, following an apprenticeship with Blanche, Maisie hangs out her shingle: "M. Dobbs, trade and personal investigations." She soon becomes enmeshed in a mystery surrounding The Retreat, a reclusive community of wounded WWI veterans. At first, Maisie only suspects foul play, but she must act quickly when Lady Rowan's son decides to sign away his fortune and take refuge there. Maisie hurriedly investigates, uncovering a disturbing mystery, which, in an astonishing denouement, gives Maisie the courage to confront a ghost that has haunted her for years. 20230617. Alex Awards, 2004. Agatha Award, 2004. Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character) Fiction. Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character.) 1914-1918. Women private investigators England London Fiction. Women private investigators Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Veterans Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Fiction. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Anciens combattants Romans, nouvelles, etc. Veterans. Women private investigators. England London. England Social life and customs Fiction. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.