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A lesson in secrets a Maisie Dobbs novel

Maisie Dobbs' first assignment for the British Secret Service takes her undercover to Cambridge as a professor, and leads to the investigation of a murderous web of activities being conducted by the up-and-coming Nazi party.

Main Author: Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N. Y. : HarperCollins, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Dobbs, Maisie > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women private investigators > England > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > England > Fiction.
Cambridge (England) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > England.
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Summary: Maisie Dobbs' first assignment for the British Secret Service takes her undercover to Cambridge as a professor, and leads to the investigation of a murderous web of activities being conducted by the up-and-coming Nazi party.
Physical Description: 323 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780061727672
0061727679
9780061727719
Author Notes: Jacqueline Winspear was born in the county of Kent, England. She was educated at the University of London's Institute of Education. After graduation, she worked in academic publishing, in higher education, and in marketing communications in the UK. In 1990, she emigrated to the United States. She was working in business and as a personal/professional coach when she decided to try writing.

Her first novel, Maisie Dobbs, won the Agatha Award for Best First novel, the Macavity Award for Best First Novel, and the Alex Award. She is the author of the Maisie Dobbs Mystery series. She has also won the Agatha Award for Best Novel, the inaugural Sue Feder/Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery, and the Bruce Alexander Award for Best Historical Mystery. Her title, A Dangerous Place, made The New York Times High Profile titles list. Journey to Munich, a book in the Maisie Dobbs Series, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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