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In the thrilling new novel 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 It's Christmas Eve 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the prime minister's office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not metâ??and the writer mentions Maisie by name. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.… (meer)
dla911: The would be actress becomes a detective when her gumshoe boss is murdered in New York during WWII. Captures the essense of NYC and its inhabitants. Great read.
In "Among the Mad" Maisie literally walks into her most dangerous case to date on Christmas Eve 1931, when a homeless and disabled WW1 veteran violently commits suicide right in front of her. This time she is most personally involved, and is pressed into working with Scotland Yard and British intelligence to try to prevent a terrorist from committing mass murder on the streets of London. She has only a week, and, as usual, reasons and intuits rings around the official men who patronize and disparage her approach to detecting. Per the formula for the series, the case is greatly helped along by the fact that, amazingly, Maisie knows or is put in touch with many of the key people of interest. Also, as per usual, the characters of Billy and his family provide the heart and soul that seem lacking in the deeply reserved Maisie. She is far from an unfeeling person, however, and at the end of the novel she seems to have reached the conclusion that she needs close connections and it's time to stop being so much alone. ( )
Among the Mad is a book about the men who have returned from war with not only on the bodies but in their brains. Maisie Dobbs is given the task to figure out who is sending threatening letters to people in government. The story is not a sensational thriller and it has no high and mighty attitude. It is just a story that is a story. Four stars were given to this book. ( )
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear was published in 2009 and is Book #6 in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery series. Maisie Dobbs is a female private investigator in London. The time period is in the years following the Great War of 1914-1918. With Book #6 we are……. “Christmas Eve 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street.” 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. Ms. Winspear’s writing of this English historical period after the Great War is so interesting, so detailed, so suspenseful and so culturally (and historically) accurate that this series is a go-to series for me. Very brilliant writing. ***** ( )
I’m still loving this series, but this serial killer twist on chemical warfare wasn’t my favorite. Number 5 in the series remains my favorite so far. Maisie and Billy work with higher-ups in the British government to track down a creepy letter writer. It reminded me of Agatha Christie’s ABC murders. I loved the side story with Maisie’s best friend, Priscilla, as she deals with some major life issues. ( )
Maisie Dobbs is seconded to the Special Branch of Scotland Yard, in a bid to locate and stop a madman who appears prepared to unleash chemical warfare in London. Maisie’s name was mentioned in letters the madman sent to various officials, but she has no idea who he might be; in the letters, the man complains that the wounded and shell-shocked survivors of the Great War have been abandoned, and he demands that this be rectified, a sentiment with which Maisie agrees. As the end of 1931 approaches, she and others at Scotland Yard and Military Intelligence must race against time to uncover the few clues before it’s too late. And if that is not enough, Maisie’s best friend Priscilla is suffering a crisis of her own that demands Maisie’s attention…. I have long believed that there is a qualitative difference between PTSD as the result of a single event and PTSD due to protracted, continuous or repeated traumas to the psyche, and this novel certainly brings those differences to the fore. The sixth of the Maisie Dobbs novels, this might be the darkest yet, centering as it does on the biggest horror of WWI, that of chemical warfare. At the same time, though, I have a feeling that one relationship new to this novel will continue far into Maisie’s life, on both a professional and personal basis; I’ll have to keep reading the series to find out if I’m right! As usual, recommended. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat. "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
—LEWIS CARROLL, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A short time ago death was the cruel stranger, the visitor with the flannel footsteps ... today it is the mad dog in the house. One eats, one drinks beside the dead, one sleeps in the midst of the dying, one laughs and sings in the company of corpses.
—GEORGES DUHAMEL, French doctor serving at Verdun in the Great War
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Dedicated to my wonderful Godchildren:
Charlotte Sweet McEwan Charlotte Pye Greg Belpomme Alexandra Jones
Keep True to the Dreams of thy Youth ~ Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
London, Christmas Eve, 1931
Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator, picked up her fountain pen to sign her name at the end of a final report that she and her assistant, Billy Beale, had worked late to complete the night before.
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Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
And she smiled, for at last she knew she had reclaimed her soul.
In the thrilling new novel 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 It's Christmas Eve 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the prime minister's office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not metâ??and the writer mentions Maisie by name. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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