The Comfort of Ghosts

Maisie Dobbs, Book 18

De: Jacqueline Winspear

Narrado por: Julie Teal

London, 1945. The capital is the backdrop for many struggling with demons unleashed by the recent World War. Maisie Dobbs is drawn into the story of a group of squatters, including an ill demobbed soldier, who have set up camp in the Belgravia mansion of her former in-laws Lord and Lady Julian Compton. Her attempt to help brings to light a decades-old mystery that concerns her first husband, James Compton, who was killed while flying an experimental fighter aircraft. The deeply personal inquiry leads her to the second man, who is fighting the darkness of his own conscience following a secret mission.

It is an investigation that will challenge so much of what Maisie understands about her life and forces her to look at the past and the many mirrors that could have been reflecting something other than she had come to believe was truth.

©2024 Jacqueline Winspear (P)2024 W.F. Howes Ltd

A wonderful but sad closure to Maisie Dobbs books

I once again enjoyed the fine writing and storyline of this Maisie Dobbs novel. Jacqueline wrapped up some storyline and characters from the past in a believable way. I found myself shedding a few tears in the epilogue at the realisation that never again will Maisie be there. Somehow 18 books doesn't seem enough to cover Maisie's magnificent character. Thankyou Jacqueline for giving us the character of Maisie Dobbs. She's unforgettable.