Maisie Dobbs, a one-time maid who was encouraged by her employer to seek an education, becomes a private investigator after serving at the front as a nurse during World War I, but her first case brings back disturbing memories of the war when her inquiries lead her to The Retreat, a convalescent refuge for ex-soldiers from which no one ever seems to emerge.
year: 2004
call number/section: 1000
subjects: women private investigators, london, fiction, large type books, world war, 1914-1918, veterans, women detectives, large print books, veterans, great britain, historical fiction, mystery fiction, london (england), fiction, historical fiction, mystery fiction