- Hardcover: 338 pages
- Publisher: Non Basic Stock Line; 1 edition (23 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061727660
- ISBN-13: 978-0061727665
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 306,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'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
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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.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This series just get better and better ... to buy instantly when they come out - a must read. A truly original and very appealing character (and supporting cast), wonderful evocation of the times (this book is set in 1932)and also a page turning mystery plot, the whole very well written. No hestitation - five stars ... and, note to author ... more please!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How do you solve a murder that took place on a battlefield more than a decade earlier? With a little bit of luck and a lot of skill and intuition. When an elderly American couple engaged Maisie Dobbs when their son's body was uncovered on a French farm, they provided her with many love letters sent to him by an English nurse, as well as his journal. These documents provided elusive clues.
However, more important were the results of an autopsy which indicated that the man was killed by a blow to the head with a blunt instrument, rather than a Boche shell, which buried the dugout with his body and those of his bunkmates inside. Serendipity, of course, plays an important role in solving the murder, and Maisie certainly doesn't lack for that either.
The seventh novel in the series, which traces the adventures of a young woman from her humble beginnings to serving as a nurse during the First World War to becoming an accomplished investigator, this story demonstrates not only Maisie's growth as a detective, but also the changes in her life that presumably will become apparent in future installments. They are something to which one can look forward.
Recommended.
However, more important were the results of an autopsy which indicated that the man was killed by a blow to the head with a blunt instrument, rather than a Boche shell, which buried the dugout with his body and those of his bunkmates inside. Serendipity, of course, plays an important role in solving the murder, and Maisie certainly doesn't lack for that either.
The seventh novel in the series, which traces the adventures of a young woman from her humble beginnings to serving as a nurse during the First World War to becoming an accomplished investigator, this story demonstrates not only Maisie's growth as a detective, but also the changes in her life that presumably will become apparent in future installments. They are something to which one can look forward.
Recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As ever this Jacquline Winspear novel - the lastest I have read in the Masie Dobbs series continues to keep the reader held to the page.
Fast moving and keeping up the standard of previous novels we move a pace looking at the case of Michael Clifton.
By the end of this novel we are also - perhaps - see some of the cases yet to come.
We aslo say goodbye to some fo those we have grown to care about and hello to some new and intresting develpments.
This is as ever well worth the read!
Fast moving and keeping up the standard of previous novels we move a pace looking at the case of Michael Clifton.
By the end of this novel we are also - perhaps - see some of the cases yet to come.
We aslo say goodbye to some fo those we have grown to care about and hello to some new and intresting develpments.
This is as ever well worth the read!
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Re Mr Wolfers' Review of 7th Maisie Dobbs novel
I could not agree more. The quality of the paper and American spellings completely put me off. I've still not been able to pick up the book to read it and I've had my copy for... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mrs. K. Greggans
The Mapping of Love and Death: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (P.S.)
Had I been asked to review the first six books in this series, I would have given each of them five stars. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. Harvey D. Wolfers
Charming Cosy, But the Mystery's Thin and Flat
"The Mapping of Love and Death" is seventh in the best-selling British mystery Maisie Dobbs series penned by Jacqueline Winspear. Read more
Published on 13 May 2010 by Stephanie DePue
More Maisie Dobbs another compelling book
I have waited a year for the next Maisie Dobbs adventure and it arrived on 4th May I have just finished it, again another fantastic read from Jacqueline Winspear. Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by K. HEATH
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