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Jacqueline Winspear Biography & Facts
Jacqueline Winspear (born 30 April 1955) is a mystery writer, author of the Maisie Dobbs series of books exploring the aftermath of World War I. She has won several mystery writing awards for books in this popular series. Personal life and career Winspear was born on 30 April 1955, and raised in Cranbrook, in Kent. She was educated at the University of London's Institute of Education and then worked in academic publishing, higher education and in marketing communications. She emigrated to the United States in 1990. Winspear stated that her childhood awareness of her grandfather's suffering in World War I led to an interest in that period. Maisie Dobbs series Maisie Dobbs is a private investigator who untangles painful and shameful secrets stemming from war experiences. A gifted working class girl in class-conscious England, she receives an unusual education thanks to the patronage of her employer, who had taken her on as a housemaid. She interrupts her education to work as a nurse in the Great War, falls in love and suffers her own losses. After the war, she finishes her university education, then works under the tutelage of her mentor. When he retires, she sets up as an investigator in her own office. Dobbs places emphasis on achieving healing for her clients and insists they comply with her ethical approach. She grows older throughout the series of novels, and her cases reflect the times, from the Great War to the Second World War. Books Maisie Dobbs series Maisie Dobbs (2003) ISBN 9781569473306, OCLC 519884816 Birds of a Feather (2004) Pardonable Lies (2005) Messenger of Truth (2006) An Incomplete Revenge (2008) Among the Mad (2009) The Mapping of Love and Death (2010) A Lesson in Secrets (2011) Elegy for Eddie (2012) Leaving Everything Most Loved (2013) A Dangerous Place (2015) Journey to Munich (2016) In This Grave Hour (2017) To Die but Once (2018) The American Agent Harper Collins, 2019. ISBN 9780062436665, OCLC 1041763123 The Consequences of Fear (2021) ISBN 978-0062868022 A Sunlit Weapon (2022) Standalone The Care and Management of Lies New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2014. ISBN 9780062336132, OCLC 894542985 The White Lady New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2023. ISBN 978006286798-8 Memoir This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing (2020) ISBN 978-1641292696 (Ms. Winspear also narrates the Audible audio version of her childhood memoir) References External links Jacqueline Winspear, author's website. Discover the Jacqueline Winspear popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jacqueline Winspear books.
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Payment in Blood
Elizabeth George“The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mysteries now being published.”Entertainment WeeklyThe career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes ...
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No More Dying
David RobertsA murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity BrowneIt is February 1939 and Lord Edward Corinth embarks on his most important investigation yet. It is clear that Britai...
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The More Deceived
David RobertsA murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne.With Winston Churchill receiving unauthorised information on Britain's rearmament program, the Foreign Office bring...
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How to Write a Mystery
Mystery Writers of AmericaFrom 70 of the most successful mystery writers in the business, an invaluable guide to crafting mysteriesfrom character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers“this is a ...
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The Quality of Mercy
David RobertsA murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity BrowneWhen the Nazis seize Austria in March 1938, Verity Browne is one of the first to be deported from Vienna as a wellkn...
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Murder at Mallowan Hall
Colleen CambridgeA treat for fans of Masterpiece Mystery and Downton Abbey, Colleen Cambridge’s charming and inventive new historical series introduces an unforgettable heroine in Phyllida Bright, ...
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Black Diamond
Martin WalkerThe third installment in thed elightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.Something dangerous is afoot in St. Denis. In the space of a few weeks, th...
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Olive Bright, Pigeoneer
Stephanie Graves“A marvelous read.”Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling authorSet in a charming British village during World War II, Stephanie Graves’ debut mystery introduces Olive Bright,...
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I Saw Him Die
Andrew Wilson“Fiendishly wellplotted, hugely entertaining.” Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting PartyIn this classic whodunit filled with red herrings and doublecrosses, the Queen of ...
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Mastering the Art of French Murder
Colleen CambridgeFans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore this magnifique new mystery set in Paris and starring Julia Child’s (fictional) best...
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Under the Paper Moon
Shaina SteinbergKate Quinn’s The Rose Code meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this intriguefilled debut, as two former spies who shared more than just missions during WWII reunite in 1948 Los Angeles. Ca...
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A Courage Undimmed
Stephanie GravesThe third installment in the acclaimed, new, international World War II mystery series featuring pigeoneer, Olive Bright.British pigeoneer Olive Bright is proud of the role her rac...
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The Mimosa Tree Mystery
Ovidia YuLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON 'Charming' RHYS BOWEN'One of the mo...
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Birds of a Feather
Jacqueline WinspearPraise for Maisie Dobbs: "Maisie Dobbs is a quirky literary creation. If you crosspollinated Vera Brittain’s classic World War I memoir, Testament of Youth, with Dorothy Sayers’s ...
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The Death of Colonel Mann
Cynthia PealeBehind the curtained windows of Victorian Boston is a world of passion, scandal ... and murder.In life, he was the most despised man in Boston, publisher of the town's scurrilous g...
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A Certain Darkness
Anna Lee HuberSet in Downton Abbeyera postWorld War I England, this actionpacked series from the USA Today bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries is a treat for fans of Jacqueline Winspe...
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The Paper Bark Tree Mystery
Ovidia YuSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON 'Charming' RHYS BOWEN...
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The Dark Vineyard
Martin WalkerThe second installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police: When a bevy of winemakers descend on SaintDenis the idyllic t...
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Death on a Deadline
Joyce St. AnthonyEditorinchief Irene Ingram pencils in her newest mystery in Joyce St. Anthony’s second captivating Homefront News mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Rhys Bowen.As World Wa...
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A Different Kind of Evil
Andrew WilsonAgatha Christiethe Queen of Crimetravels to the breathtaking Canary Islands to investigate the mysterious death of a British agent in this riveting and “stellar” (Publishers Weekly...
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Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Sebastian FaulksBertie Wooster (a young man about town) and his butler Jeeves (the very model of the modern manservant)return in their first new novel in nearly forty years: Jeeves and the Wedding...
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A Daughter of Fair Verona
Christina DoddI’m the eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet. Yes, that Romeo and Juliet. No, they didn’t die in the tomb. They’re alive and well and living in fair Verona with their six wildly imp...
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A Great Deliverance
Elizabeth GeorgeTo this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale's lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a ...
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The Vanishing Type
Ellery AdamsEntertainment Weekly hails the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series by the beloved New York Times bestselling author as “a love letter to reading.” In this entrancing new story, ...
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A Valiant Deceit
Stephanie GravesIn the same vein as Rhys Bowen’s and Susan Elia MacNeal’s engrossing mysteries, Stephanie Graves returns with the latest book in her captivating historical mystery series set in En...
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A Trace of Poison
Colleen Cambridge“Balances Downton Abbey–style period charm with a tight plot that twists and turns right until the end… a plot that would satisfy Poirot.” Library Journal “Dame Agatha would be pro...
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Odd Partners
Mystery Writers of America, Anne Perry, Allison Brennan, Jeffery Deaver & William Kent KruegerUnlikely pairs join forces to crack a slew of intriguing cases in an anthology edited by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, featuring original stories by Jacqueline Wins...
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Front Page Murder
Joyce St. AnthonyIn this World War IIera historical mystery series debut by Joyce St. Anthony, smalltown editor Irene Ingram has a nose for news and an eye for clues.Irene Ingram has written for h...
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A Talent for Murder
Andrew WilsonDiscover the reallife mystery surrounding the queen of crime herself: Agatha Christie. In this “audacious mystery…with thrilling results” (The Guardian), Andrew Wilson investigates...
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Murder by Invitation Only
Colleen CambridgeA delicious concoction for lovers of all things Christie and fans of Downton Abbey and Knives Out, set in an English country manor and starring Phyllida Bright, fictional housekeep...
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Death in a Desert Land
Andrew Wilson“Fizzy with charm yet edged with menace, Andrew Wilson’s Christie novels do Dame Agatha proud. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Jacqueline Winspear.” A.J. Finn, internationally be...
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A Grave Man
David RobertsA murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne.Verity Browne and Lord Edward Corinth are attending a memorial in Westminster when the service is interrupted by a ...
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The Frangipani Tree Mystery
Ovidia YuFirst in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore...
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Dangerous Deception at Honeychurch Hall
Hannah Dennison'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. BeatonAll's fair in love . . . and antiques wars!Things are going well for Kat Stanford; not only is her antiques business thriving, ...
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Bones of the Buried
David RobertsA murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne.After six months in New York, Lord Edward returns to London only for his old sparring partner, Verity Browne, to co...
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Blotto, Twinks and the Great Road Race
Simon Brett'One of British crime's most assured craftsmen . . . perfect entertainment' GuardianOnce again, the plumbing at Tawcester Towers is causing consternation for the Dowager Duchess, s...
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Well-Schooled in Murder
Elizabeth George“The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”Entertainment Weekly When thirteenyearold Matthew What...
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The Secret of the Lost Pearls
Darcie WildeThis captivating Regencyera mystery inspired by the novels of Jane Austen is perfect for fans of Andrea Penrose, Lauren Willig, and Deanna Raybourn, as readers venture beyond the g...
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The Betel Nut Tree Mystery
Ovidia Yu'Great protagonist, great setting this is a delightful book' Morning Star The second novel in Ovidia Yu's delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, featuring amat...
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The Cannonball Tree Mystery
Ovidia Yu'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON'Charming...
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Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline WinspearLady Rowan Compton first met Maisie when, at thirteen, she went into service as a maid at her ladyship’s Belgravia mansion. A suffragette, Lady Rowan took the remarkably smart youn...
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Something Wicked
David RobertsA murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity BrowneReturning from Prague with suspected tuberculosis, Verity Browne checks into a private clinic on HenleyonThames the...
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The Winter Guest
W. C. RyanSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD A haunting, atmospheric mystery set against a country divided, by the author of A House of Ghosts. January 1921. Though the Great War...
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The White Crow
Cynthia PealeWhen the lights come on after a séance in the parlor of Victorian Boston’s most celebrated spiritualist, a pillar of the community lies dead. The world of restless and vengeful spi...