Dilys Award
2004 · Mystery Novel · Nominee
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The daughter of a struggling greengrocer, Maisie Dobbs was only thirteen when she was sent to work as a maid for wealthy London aristocrats. But being bright and thoughtful beyond her years, Maisie studies her way to Cambridge, then serves as a nurse on the Front during the Great War. Now, it's the spring of 1929, nearly ten years after the Armistice and Maisie has just opened up her own detective agency. Her first assignment, a seemingly open-and-shut infidelity case, will reveal a much deeper, darker mystery, forcing Maisie to revisit the horrors of the war and the ghost she left behind. Refreshing, absorbing, and beautifully rendered, Maisie Dobbs marks the beginning of an incredible new series.
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Anthony Award
2004 · First Novel · Nominee
Anthony Award
2004 · Historical · Nominee
Edgar Allan Poe Award
2004 · Novel · Nominee
Macavity Award
2004 · First Mystery Novel · Winner
Agatha Award
2003 · First Novel · Winner
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