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Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs #10)
by Winspear, Jacqueline
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0749014598
- ISBN 13
- 9780749014599
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1/4 orange coloured back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 green coloured boards with self embossed publisher's logo to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel. Colour illustrated dustwrapper With dark and light yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. . Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. The 10th Masie Dobbs investigation, whereupon she is asked to look at the death of a Indian immigrant by her brother. Maisie is drawn into an unfamiliar subculture and causes her to rethink where she wants to be. I'm good thank you Minor rubbing of the back strip edges and book corners. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 339, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; 1930s; ISBN: 0749014598. ISBN/EAN: 9780749014599. Inventory No: 0290507. . 9780749014599
Reviews
On Mar 21 2015, CloggieDownunder said:
Leaving Everything Most Loved is the tenth book in the Maisie Dobbs series by British-born American author, Jacqueline Winspear. Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and private investigator, is engaged by (former) Sergeant-Major Pramal, of India, to investigate the murder, some two months earlier, of his sister, Usha, a governess living in London. Scotland Yard have made no progress with the case, so Maisie’s team have a challenge ahead of them with this cold case. When Maisie visits the ayah’s hostel where Usha had been living, she gets the impression that the couple running the supposedly charitable institution are not quite what they seem, and before Maisie can speak to her privately, Usha’s friend and fellow lodger, Maya Patel is murdered in the same manner: shot between the eyes and found in the nearby canal.
Maisie’s assistant, Billy Beal is back in the job, but apparently not completely recovered from the attack that hospitalised him: his distraction affects his investigative abilities. Maisie takes over the case of a missing boy and a chance remark by DI Caldwell has her wondering if their two cases are linked. But Maisie is distracted too, by her burgeoning desire to travel overseas in her mentor’s footsteps. It seems that Usha Pramal was well loved, for her personality and her healing powers. As Maisie investigates, all manner of possible suspects present themselves. Maisie wonders if jealousy or a case of mistaken identity are the answer, or was there some sort of racial motivation? Or is it all about love? Winspear once again gives the reader a plot with plenty of twists and turns. She touches on the plight of Indian ayahs abandoned far from home; shell shock and mixed marriage also feature. The final chapters ensure that future books in the series will be quite different. Another excellent read.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290507
- Title
- Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs #10)
- Author
- Winspear, Jacqueline
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0749014598
- ISBN 13
- 9780749014599
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Maisie Dobbs  book 10, crime, Indian immigrant, London Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; 1930s; Unbranded ISBN: 0749014598 EAN: 9780749014599 Winspear, Jacqueline Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs #10)
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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