The Mapping of Love and Death: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Reprint Edition

“Excellent. . . . As Dobbs unravels the dead soldier’s past, her creator brings the story to a satisfying conclusion. But the real pleasure is Winspear’s insights into human beings and history.”

– USA Today

“England between the wars is a milieu custom-made for fertile storytelling, and an excellent example is The Mapping of Love and Death. . . . Here, author Jacqueline Winspear invents a task worthy of the capable Dobbs’ skills.”

– Seattle Times

“Compelling.” – People (3 ½ out of 4 stars)

“Winspear surpasses herself in this absorbing novel.” – New York Times Book Review

“Maisie Dobbs, the brave, insightful and compassionate heroine of Jacqueline Winspear’s mystery series, has a lock on the hearts of readers. . . . Winspear’s new novel about a kind ‘psychologist and investigator’ in ‘30s Britain spends as much energy on Dobbs and her circle of friends as it does on the mystery she solves, but doesn’t suffer for doing so.” – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Like all Winspear’s work, The Mapping of Love and Death engages the mind and enriches the heart. A novel of profound humanity, with a heroine who lives up to that word in every way, it leaves the reader marveling at Winspear’s flair for literate and absorbing fiction.” – Richmond Times-Dispatch

“A sleuth to treasure.” – Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

“A detective series to savor.” – Johanna McGeary, Time

“[Catches] the sorrow of a lost generation in the character of one exceptional woman.” – Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune

“What charms most is Dobbs herself: a woman ‘not as adept in her personal life as she was in her professional domain,’ and all the more engaging for that.” – Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

“Endearing. . . . As often in this winning series, the action builds to a somewhat sad if satisfying conclusion.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“An engaging plot coupled with captivating character makes this the best Dobbs novel to date.” – Library Journal

“In Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear has given us a real gift. Maisie Dobbs has not been created—she has been discovered. Such people are always there amongst us, waiting for somebody like Ms. Winspear to come along and reveal them. And what a revelation it is!” – Alexander McCall Smith

“When people ask me to recommend an author, one name consistently comes to mind: Jacqueline Winspear.” – Deirdre Donahue, USA Today

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.