“Maisie
Dobbs-psychologist, investigator, and "one of the great fictional heroines,
equal parts haunted and haunting" ("Parade")-returns in a
chilling adventure, the latest chapter in Jacqueline Winspear's bestselling
series. Early April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden--sellers of
fruit and vegetables on the streets of London--Eddie
Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When
Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are deeply
skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie--and why? Maisie
Dobbs' father, Frankie, had been a costermonger, so she had known the men since
childhood. She remembers Eddie fondly and is determined to offer her help. But
it soon becomes clear that powerful political and financial forces are equally
determined to prevent her from learning the truth behind Eddie's death.
Plunging into the investigation, Maisie begins her search for answers on the
working-class streets of Lambeth where Eddie had lived and where she had grown
up. The inquiry quickly leads her to a callous press baron; a has-been
politician named Winston Churchill, lingering in the hinterlands of power; and,
most surprisingly, to Douglas Partridge, the husband of her dearest friend,
Priscilla. As Maisie uncovers lies and manipulation on a national scale, she
must decide whether to risk it all to see justice done. The story of a London
affected by the march to another war years before the first shot is fired and
of an innocent victim caught in the crossfire, "Elegy for Eddie" is
Jacqueline Winspear's most poignant and powerful novel yet.”
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