The Mapping of Love and Death

A Maisie Dobbs Novel

De: Jacqueline Winspear

Narrado por: Orlagh Cassidy

From New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, now available in paperback—the newest installment in the New York Times bestselling series, Maisie Dobbs is hired to unravel a case of wartime love and death, an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious nurse.

August 1914. As Michael Clifton is mapping land he has just purchased in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, war is declared in Europe—and duty-bound to his father's native country, the young cartographer soon sets sail for England to serve in the British army. Three years later, he is listed as missing in action.

April 1932. After Michael's remains are unearthed in France, his parents retain London psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs, hoping she can find the unnamed nurse whose love letters were among their late son's belongings. It is a quest that leads Maisie back to her own bittersweet wartime love—and to the stunning discovery that Michael Clifton was murdered in his dugout. Suddenly an exposed web of intrigue and violence threatens to ensnare the dead soldier's family and even Maisie herself as she attempts to cope with the impending loss of her mentor and the unsettling awareness that she is once again falling in love.

The Mapping of Love and Death

I enjoyed this pleasant story. The time after WW1 was the beginning of a great change for the role of women in society. This story helps document that change in a great story. Orlagh Cassidy did a superb job in narrating the story. This book leaves one uplifted and ready to face the daily challenges of life. Enjoy.

excellent book

love the Maise Dobbs series... Best one yet!!! Worth every penny spent and time invested.

Great story and writing!

Enjoyed this book so much! The writing was so good that it made me smile and made me cry. The narrator also did a good job. The way the author develops the story, with so many things going on, and then weaves it together is commendable! I really admire how smart Maise is and how she handles everything skillfully. There is no tension built in for the sake of suspense. The story and the writing are so strong that it keeps the reader engaged.

The Mapping

Maisie leaves me crying As I have said before these stories are truly fascinating but also very sad.

The passing if a dear friend and mentor and the beginning of a new love. Really Intense and wonderfully narrated

Best Yet

In this, the seventh in the series of Maisie Dobbs, I find my relationship with this character bonded. The best thus far but, hopefully, only the door opening of the suspense filled journey to come.

Outstanding

There may be narrators as good but there are none better than Orlah Cassidy.
Same goes for ten Maisie Dobbs series.

another wonderful story

so far the saddest by far. being so well written the story played hard on my emotions. do I look forward to the rest of the series with hope. as to the recording itself there were sections that were difficult to hear and I am unsure if this was the recording or my device itself.

My favorite so far

I find Masie Dobbs a lovely inspiring woman. Her kindness and humanity is so what we still need today. I look forward to her next novel and as Jacqueline Winspear suggested at a book signing, her books are best read in order.

The Maisie Dobbs books are fun.

I love the period piece aspects; I love the characters; I love the stories. Perhaps not deep but always interesting! This part of the story serves well as an engaging and enjoyable "read."

The Mapping of Love and Death

Really enjoyable. I liked the mystery part, even though Maisie was able to wrap up a few pieces just a little too neatly and unbelievably. This is the 7th in the series, but I didn't feel like I'd missed out or needed to start at the beginning. I came to really care about the characters who must have grown with Maisie throughout the series. I even cried for a couple of the characters and descriptions. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry played a role, and I liked that and her poem "The Best Thing in the World".

The Best Thing in the World

What's the best thing in the world?
June-rose, by May-dew impearled;
Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;
Truth, not cruel to a friend;
Pleasure, not in haste to end;
Beauty, not self-decked and curled
Till its pride is over-plain;
Love, when, so, you're loved again.
What's the best thing in the world?
--Something out of it, I think.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning