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The american agent a maisie dobbs novel5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The American Agent opens with Maisie and her best friend, the wealthy and flamboyant Priscilla Partridge, returning to the same duty they performed in the last war: driving an ambulance. She researches each novel so carefully that the series could almost serve as a history of the United Kingdom in the first half of the 20th century. ![]() Winspear, who is British but has lived in the United States for almost 30 years, has said that the idea for the books grew out of hearing stories of her grandfather's experiences in World War I. Based on fan contributions to a Facebook group, it's a collection of quotes called What Would Maisie Do? Inspiration From the Pages of Maisie Dobbs. Maisie's gentle, thoughtful nature is such a hallmark, though, that another book is being published in tandem with The American Agent. ![]() Reading a Maisie Dobbs book is a little like spending time with an old friend you don't see often enough, if your old friend's gig is tracking down and capturing criminals. Through it all she has solved sometimes harrowing cases with a mixture of intelligence, intuition, determination and compassion that makes her - and it's an odd compliment, I know - one of the most soothing characters in crime fiction. ![]()
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