The Mapping Of Love And Death
By (Author) Jacqueline Winspear
Allison & Busby
Allison & Busby
1st March 2012
26th March 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
384
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
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.
'From tragedy and heroism, the plots and Maisie's exceptional personality emerge. All seven books are enjoyable but the best is the most recent, The Mapping of Love and Death.' STELLA RIMINGTON 'I'm a huge Maisie Dobbs fan' LEE CHILD
Jaqueline Winspear was born and raised in Kent and emigrated to the USA in 1990. She has written extensively for journals, newspapers and magazines, and has worked in book publishing on both sides of the Atlantic. The Maisie Dobbs series of crime novels is beloved by readers worldwide.