02385cam a2200337 4500 77139814 TxAuBib 20090226120000.0 080724s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008032576 9780805082166 0805082166 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP IK2 UPZ C#P TxAuBib Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- Among the mad : a Maisie Dobbs novel / Jacqueline Winspear. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2009. 303 p. ; 25 cm. It$1 (Bs 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$1 (Bs office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met$1 (Band the writer mentions Maisie by name. After being questioned and cleared by Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane of Scotland Yard$1 (Bs elite Special Branch, she is drawn into MacFarlane$1 (Bs personal fiefdom as a special adviser on the case. Meanwhile, Billy Beale, Maisie$1 (Bs 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$1 (Bs 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.) 20090226. Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women private investigators England London Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Veterans Great Britain Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Psychological aspects Fiction. Historical fiction. London (England) Fiction. Mystery fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008032576-b.html https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008032576-d.html https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008032576-s.html