{"product_id":"the-mapping-of-love-and-death-a-maisie-dobbs-novel-9780061727689","title":"The Mapping of Love and Death: A Maisie Dobbs Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this riveting mystery from \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs is hired to unravel a case of wartime love and death, an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious nurse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugust 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApril 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinspear, Jacqueline:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJacqueline Winspear is the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Consequences of Fear, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe American Agent, To Die but Once, In This Grave Hour, Journey to Munich, A Dangerous Place, Leaving Everything Most Loved, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eElegy for Eddie\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as eight other bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels. Her standalone novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Care and Management of Lies\u003c\/em\u003e, was also a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, and a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Winspear has won numerous prizes, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, \u003cem\u003eMaisie Dobbs, \u003c\/em\u003e which was also nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and was named a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book. Originally from the United Kingdom, she lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615683449106,"sku":"9780061727689","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18ad1e22-2cd9-4e53-8a72-8b9d5e64f7c8.jpg?v=1732498611","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mapping-of-love-and-death-a-maisie-dobbs-novel-9780061727689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}