Maisie Dobbs

Publication Order

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   Maisie Dobbs (2003)

   A former servant turned psychologist and investigator takes her first case in 1929, uncovering a hidden hospital for disfigured Great War veterans.

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   Birds of a Feather (2004)

   Maisie searches for a missing heiress and discovers that the young woman's disappearance is connected to the wartime deaths of her closest friends.

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   Pardonable Lies (2005)

   A mother hires Maisie to prove her son survived the Great War, leading to an investigation that takes Maisie back to the battlefields of France.

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   Messenger of Truth (2006)

   The suspicious death of a war artist at a gallery opening pulls Maisie into the bohemian world of 1930s London art and politics.

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   An Incomplete Revenge (2008)

   Strange fires and acts of vandalism in a Kent hop-picking village lead Maisie to uncover a community's deeply buried wartime guilt.

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   Among the Mad (2009)

   A Christmas Day suicide on Westminster Bridge is connected to a plot to unleash chemical weapons on London, and Maisie races to stop a desperate veteran.

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   The Mapping of Love and Death (2010)

   An American cartographer's remains are discovered on a Great War battlefield, and Maisie is hired by his parents to learn the truth about his death.

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   A Lesson in Secrets (2011)

   Maisie goes undercover as a lecturer at a Cambridge college to investigate a suspicious death and the rise of fascist sympathies in academia.

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   Elegy for Eddie (2012)

   The death of a gentle horse whisperer in a Lambeth factory leads Maisie to confront press barons and the growing shadow of Oswald Mosley.

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    Leaving Everything Most Loved (2013)

    The murder of an Indian woman in London's canal district forces Maisie to examine empire, prejudice, and her own future as she considers emigrating to India.

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    A Dangerous Place (2015)

    Grief-stricken and adrift in Gibraltar, Maisie witnesses a murder on the dock and finds herself pulled back into investigation as the Spanish Civil War erupts nearby.

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    Journey to Munich (2016)

    British intelligence recruits Maisie to travel to Nazi Germany to secure the release of a prominent prisoner, thrusting her into the heart of Hitler's regime.

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    In This Grave Hour (2017)

    On the day Britain declares war on Germany in 1939, a Belgian refugee is murdered, and Maisie discovers a pattern of killings targeting those who fled the Great War.

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    To Die but Once (2018)

    During the Blitz, Maisie investigates the disappearance of a young apprentice painter whose work brought him into contact with military secrets.

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    The American Agent (2019)

    An American war correspondent is murdered during the London Blitz, and Maisie must navigate wartime secrecy and Anglo-American tensions to find the killer.

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    The Consequences of Fear (2021)

    A young message runner for the French Resistance witnesses a murder on a London street, and Maisie must protect him while uncovering a wartime conspiracy.

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    A Sunlit Weapon (2022)

    A female pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary is shot at while landing, and Maisie's investigation reveals dangers both in the sky and on the ground.

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    The Comfort of Ghosts (2024)

    As the war draws to a close in 1945, Maisie takes in orphaned children at her estate and confronts one final case that brings her extraordinary journey full circle.