A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs, #11)

Posted on 10 August 2017 by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs returns in a powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gilbraltar leads the investigator into a web of lies, deceit and dangerSpring 1937 In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure Now, all she wants is the peace she believes she might find by returning to India But her sojourn in the hills of Darjeeling is cut short when her stepmother summons her home to England her aging father Frankie Dobbs is not getting any younger.But on a ship bound for England, Maisie realizes she isn t ready to return Against the wishes of the captain who warns her, You will be alone in a most dangerous place, she disembarks in Gibraltar Though she is on her own, Maisie is far from alone the British garrison town is teeming with refugees fleeing a brutal civil war across the border in Spain Yet the danger is very real Days after Maisie s arrival, a photographer and member of Gibraltar s Sephardic Jewish community, Sebastian Babayoff, is murdered, and Maisie becomes entangled in the case, drawing the attention of the British Secret Service Under the suspicious eye of a British agent, Maisie is pulled deeper into political intrigue on the Rock arguably Britain s most important strategic territory and renews an uneasy acquaintance in the process At a crossroads between her past and her future, Maisie must choose a direction, knowing that England is, for her, an equally dangerous place, but in quite a different way. Best Download A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs, #11) By Jacqueline Winspear For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Maisie isn t the only person at a crossroads As concerns this series, I am, too Longtime fans will probably be as stunned as I over the first few pages of A Dangerous Place In a series of letters, Winspear deals with four momentous years in Maisie s life with what can only be described as brisk efficiency I can understand her desire not to bog down the narrative, but since Maisie is already constantly harking back to time spent with her mentor or her service in World War I or her college day Maisie isn t the only person at a crossroads As concerns this series, I am, too Longtime fans will probably be as stunned as I over the first few pages of A Dangerous Place In a series of letters, Winspear deals with four momentous years in Maisie s life with what can only be described as brisk efficiency I can understand her desire not to bog down the narrative, but since Maisie is already constantly harking back to time spent with her mentor or her service in World War I or her college days or what her best friend would say to her, what s a littletime spent on telling readers about those four years Winspear does her usual marvelous job in giving readers a real feel for the setting With the Spanish Civil War raging just over the border, with the build up to World War II, Gibraltar s strategic position makes it extremely valuable to many countries, and it seems that they all have representati...This was unexpected The first part of this book was absolutely tragic I had to blink away a few tears in order to see the book I seem to have read a few series lately where the author deals with important issues between books William Kent Krueger does it for one But Winspear does it here in spades several years have disappeared and with them some incredibly sad events.Anyway I held myself together and read on, and of course Maisie found a dead body and all was normal from there on Apar This was unexpected The first part of this book was absolutely tragic I had to blink away a few tears in order to see the book I seem to have read a few series lately where the author deals with important issues between books William Kent Krueger does it for one But Winspear does it here in spades several years have disappeared and with them some inc...This latest installment in the Maisie Dobbs series is as strong as any of them, and was very difficult to put down Plot summaries are usually unnecessary filler on this site, and it would not be possible in any case here without spoilers Winspear s handling of per...WowThis just made me so, so sad I have hung with Maisie through thick and thin and I really feel incredibly let down Winspear has dragged her loyal fans through TEN books then skims over four crucial years of Maisie s life in flashback and in two pages So incredibly disappointing THEN, we re supposed to feel Maisie s pain and sympathize with her new life when we weren t even given a glimpse of that life All of a sudden we re supposed to mourn with her and feel connected to her sorrow It WowThis just made me so, so sad I have hung with Maisie through thick and thin and I really feel incredibly let down Winspear has dragged her loyal fans through TEN books then skims over four crucial years of Maisie s life in flashback and in two pages So incredibly disappointing THEN, we re supposed to feel Maisie s pain and sympathize with her new life when we weren t even given a glimps...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Oh, how I don t even want to write this I have loved this series since it started, and this book just made me so mad Can Maisie really never be happy This wasn t a bad book, there just needed to be two or threebefore this one happened I can t believ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I cannot begin to articulate how truly disappointed I am with this book I have long been a fan of Maisie and yes she can be stubborn, bullheaded and, at times, childishly selfish, she s always been realistic That was part of the draw to her she was relatable This novel, however, takes all of her negative qualities and magnifies them times 1000 and it s almost too much to handle.Let s take a look at the first part of the book where we learn of the last few years Really Ms Winspear That is I cannot begin to articulate how truly disappointed I am with this book I have long been a fan of Maisie and yes she can be stubborn, bullheaded and, at times, childishly selfish, she s always been realistic That was part of the draw to her she was relatable This novel, however, takes all of her negative qualities and magnifies them times 1000 and it s almost ...Memories come out of nowhere, sometimes, don t they Like a splinter long in the finger finally rises to the surface Pluck it out, and the pain goes and you realise there has been discomfort all along, but you have lived with it.A Dangerous Place is the eleventh book in the Maisie Dobbs series by British born American author, Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and private investigator, is on the island of Gibraltar It is 1937, and across the water, the Spanish Civil War is bei Memories come out of nowhere, sometimes, don t they Like a splinter long in the finger finally rises to the surface Pluck it out, and the pain goes and you realise the...A true disappointment I have read all the Maisie Dobbs books and enjoyed them, both for the mystery they offer and the window they provide into class, war, British culture and history This book offers almost nothing of a mystery it is finally solved pretty much entirely by an unlikely conversation between Maisie a...I just don t care any I don t care about Maisie and her tragedy, I don t care about the same history she s gone over again and again and finally got past so we add new tragedy but only ever talk about the old stuff I don t care about her stupid ey...1 12 16 1.99 for Kindle.I didn t get very far with this before I quit Warning While this won t really be a spoiler for this book, as it pertains to the very start, it will be for those who haven t read up to this one in the series.I ve completely enjoyed this series, up to now, but this book ticked me off.The previous book left us with Maise having to make a choice regarding her romance with James Compton Will she choose to marry her sweetheart This book starts off with the marriage already 1 12 16 1.99 for Kindle.I didn t get very far with this before I quit Warning While this won t really be a spoiler for this book, as it pertains to the very start, it will be for those who haven t read up to this one in the series.I ve completely enjoyed this series, up to now, but this book ticked me off.The previous book left us with Maise having to make a choice regarding her romance with James Compton Will she choose to marry her sweetheart This book starts off with the marriage already having taken place, and James Compton already tragically dead All we get of the all too short wedding marriage culmination of romance is a short summation of past events The last book ends with Maise having to decide if she ll marry James, this book starts with her widowed.As a reader on book 11 of a favorite series I felt very cheated, particularly as the last book ended with Maisse faced with an ultimatum from James regarding a decision on marriage And I a...

10 August 2017

Jacqueline Winspear