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Maisie Dobbs

By Jacqueline Winspear , #1 of Maisie Dobbs series

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From [email protected]'s 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Maudie Dobbs is everything I’d ever want to be in life given the choice.

Maisie Dobbs

By Jacqueline Winspear ,

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9 authors picked Maisie Dobbs as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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A favorite mystery series of Hillary Clinton (as mentioned in What Happened, The New York Times Book Review, and New York Magazine)
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Agatha Award Winner for Best First Novel
Macavity Award Winner for Best First Novel
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Fiercely independent Maisie Dobbs has recently set herself up as a private detective. Such a move may not seem especially startling. But this is 1929, and Maisie is exceptional in many ways.

Having started as a maid to the London aristocracy, studied her way to Cambridge and served as a nurse in…

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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

The Crossing Places

By Elly Griffiths , #1 of Ruth Galloway series

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Jean C. O'Connor Author Of Congress's Cryptographer: A Novel of James Lovell and the American Revolution

From Jean's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Jean C. O'Connor Why Jean loves this book

Elly Griffith's characters sparkle with originality in The Crossing Places, as does her setting and plot. A light read, this mystery nonetheless drew me in, surprising me with twists and turns, making the most of archaeologist Ruth Galloway's curiosity and DCI Nelson's unswerving dedication. The two uncover mysteries in the marshes and bogs near a remote beach, a fitting setting for ancient burial practices. I'd choose a second one in this series!

The Crossing Places

By Elly Griffiths ,

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8 authors picked The Crossing Places as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Dr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. Are they the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years earlier - or are the bones much older?

DCI Harry Nelson refuses to give up the hunt for the missing girl. Since she vanished, someone has been sending him bizarre anonymous notes about ritual…

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