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Pardonable Lies

A deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world.

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  • "A deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world."@en
  • "London, 1930. Maisie Dobbs, the renowned psychologist and investigator, receives a most unusual request. She must prove that Sir Cedric Lawton's son Ralph really is dead. Ralph was an aviator shot down by enemy fire in 1917. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Maisie must travel to the former battlefields of northern France, where she served as a nurse in the Great War and where ghosts of her past still linger."@en
  • "A deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. In accepting the assignment, Maisie finds her spiritual strength tested, as well as her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche. The mission also brings her together once again with her college friend Priscilla Evernden, who served in France and who lost three brothers to the war-one of whom, it turns out, had an intriguing connection to the missing Ralph Lawton."@en
  • "Psychologist-sleuth Maisie Dobbs is called in by Sir Cecil Lawton to investigate the mystery behind the death of his wife's aviator son during World War I, a mission that brings her face to face with a college friend with ties to the missing pilot."@en
  • "When Maisie Dobbs is called to a short meeting with Sir Cecil Lawton one summer evening in 1930, little does she realise what she is getting herself into. For Sir Cecil sets her a seemingly impossible challenge. She must prove that his son Ralph, a pilot in the Great War, really did die in action. Maisie's investigation takes her from the world of the English aristocracy, with its secrets and hidden scandals, to the battlefields of France. Not only must she uncover some:difficult family truths, but she must also confront her own past."
  • "A deathbed plea from an elderly woman sends psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs in search of the truth about the disappearance of a young aviator in World War I."
  • "Psychologist-sleuth Maisie Dobbs is called in by Sir Cecil Lawton to investigate the mystery behind the death of his wife's aviator son during World War I, a mission that brings her face to face with a college friend with ties to the missing pilot."
  • "Hired to investigate the death of Sir Cecil Lawson's son in the Great War, Maisie Dobbs must confront her own past, and the turmoil and love that she experienced as a nurse in the war."
  • "Hired to investigate the death of Sir Cecil Lawson's son in the Great War, Maisie Dobbs must confront her own past, and the turmoil and love that she experienced as a nurse in the war."@en
  • "A deathbed plea leads London investigator Maisie Dobbs to return to the site of her most painful memories from the Great War. As she learns, the mystery surrounding the death of Agnes Lawton's pilot son led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. In resolving the dangerous case, Maisie's own spiritual strength is now tested, as is her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche."
  • "In the third installment of this best-selling, award-winning series, London investigator psychologist Maisie Dobbs returns to the site of her most painful memories from the Great War to resolve the mystery surrounding a pilot's death. A deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. In accepting the assignment, Maisie finds her spiritual strength tested, as well as her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche. The mission also brings her together once again with her college friend Priscilla Evernden, who served in France and who lost three brothers to the war--one of whom, it turns out, had an intriguing connection to the missing Ralph Lawton."
  • "Psychologist-sleuth Maisie Dobbs is called in by Sir Cecil Lawton--fueled by a deathbed plea from his dying wife--to investigate the mystery behind the death of his wife's aviator son during World War I, a mission that tests her feelings for her mentor, Maurice Blanche, and brings her face to face with a college friend with ties to the missing pilot--Publisher."
  • "A deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. In accepting the assignment, Maisie finds her spiritual strength tested, as well as her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche. The mission also brings her together once again with her college friend Priscilla Evernden, who served in France and who lost three brothers to the war-one of whom, it turns out, had an intriguing connection to the missing Ralph Lawton. Following on the heels of the triumphant Birds of a Feather, Pardonable lies is the most compelling installment yet in the chronicles of Maisie Dobbs."
  • "A deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. In accepting the assignment, Maisie finds her spiritual strength tested, as well as her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche. The mission also brings her together once again with her college friend Priscilla Evernden, who served in France and who lost three brothers to the war-one of whom, it turns out, had an intriguing connection to the missing Ralph Lawton. Following on the heels of the triumphant Birds of a Feather, Pardonable lies is the most compelling installment yet in the chronicles of Maisie Dobbs."@en
  • "Novice gumshoe Maisie Dobbs receives her first big break when a man hires her to spy on his adulterous wife. However, Maisie soon finds herself with a homicide case after gaining access to a secretive community of World War I veterans that may have played a part in a young soldier's mysterious death. As Maisie digs a little deeper into the night lives of the late Roaring Twenties, she discovers some very sinister secrets."@en
  • "London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful memories from the Great War to resolve the mystery surrounding a pilot's death."

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  • "Talking books"
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  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
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  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"
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  • "Pardonable lies a Maisie Dobbs novel"
  • "Pardonable lies a Maisie Dobbs novel"@en
  • "Pardonable lies a Maisie Dobbs mystery"
  • "Pardonable lies a Maisie Dobbs mystery"@en
  • "Pardonable lies [a Maisie Dobbs novel]"@en
  • "Pardonable lies [a Maisie Dobbs novel]"
  • "Pardonable lies"
  • "Pardonable lies"@en

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