trade-size paperback.

from the back cover:
August 1914. As Michael Clifton is mapping land he has just purchase in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, war is declared in Europe - and duty-bound to his father's native country, the young cartographer soon 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 France, his parents retain London psychologist and 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 sunning discovery that Michael Clifton was murdered in his dugout. 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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The box arrived late yesterday. Thank you for sending me these books that are like new. I appreciate you thinking of me. I wasn't expecting so many.

An interesting read with a little more depth than the last few. Maisie seemed a little bit more human. I was glad to see Maisie relied more on solid detective work, although, at times, she did seem to piece clues together out of thin air. I had an inkling in the previous book or two that James Compton might play a more important role in Maisie's life and I'm glad I was right. There is definitely more chemistry there than with previous relationships, the most glaring mismatch being Inspector Stratton. Not sure where the author is taking this series but it appears to be heading toward spys and such.

Reserved for another BCer

Enjoy! KTM RABCK to barbieq233

Sounds like a good book.