engaging.' - The Wall Street Journal 'Maisie has only her considerable wits and empathic skill to help Scotland Yard identify the killer. The book's puzzle is challenging, but what charms most is Dobbs herself. a fast-breaking case that takes Maisie Dobbs from 10 Downing Street to the meanest of London hovels. In Among the Mad, Jacqueline Winspear combines a heart-stopping story with a rich evocation of a fascinating period to create her most compelling and satisfying novel yet. And before this harrowing case is over, Maisie must navigate a darkness not encountered since she was a nurse in wards filled with shell-shocked men. Soon Maisie becomes involved in a race against time to find a man who proves he has the knowledge and will to inflict death and destruction on thousands of innocent people. Meanwhile, Billy Beale, Maisie's trusted assistant, is once again facing tragedy as his wife, who has never recovered from the death of their young daughter, slips further into melancholia's abyss. After being questioned and cleared by Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane of Scotland Yard's elite Special Branch, she is drawn into MacFarlane's personal fiefdom as a special adviser on the case. The following day, the prime minister's office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met-and the writer mentions Maisie by name.

On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. In the thrilling next novel by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs must catch a madman before he commits murder on an unimaginable scale. About the Book In the thrilling new mystery by the 'New York Times'-bestselling author of 'An Incomplete Revenge,' Maisie Dobbs must catch a madman before he commits murder on an unimaginable scale.

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