A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs Series #8)

by Jacqueline Winspear Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

Overview

Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear's award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities “not in the interests of His Majesty's government.” When the college's pacifist founder is murdered, Maisie finds herself in the midst of sinister web of murder, scandal, and conspiracy, activities that point towards members of the ascendant Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei-the Nazi Party-on Britain's shores. An instant classic, and sure to captivate long-time Maisie Dobbs fans as well as readers of Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, and Alexander McCall Smith, A Lesson in Secrets is “a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity” (Richmond Times-Dispatch).

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Maisie is one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting.” — Parade

“The combination of period detail and intricate storytelling makes A Lesson in Secrets seem distant enough to be romantic but sufficiently modern to engage our sympathies.” — Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

“With an affecting storyline and graceful prose, Winspear has again created a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch

Parade

Maisie is one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

With an affecting storyline and graceful prose, Winspear has again created a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity.

Tom Nolan

The combination of period detail and intricate storytelling makes A Lesson in Secrets seem distant enough to be romantic but sufficiently modern to engage our sympathies.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170238828
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Maisie Dobbs Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	817,902

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