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In This Grave Hour de Jacqueline Winspear

In This Grave Hour: Maisie Dobbs

Autor Jacqueline Winspear
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 sep 2017

Observăm o proză tăioasă, marcată de o economie a limbajului ce reflectă austeritatea vremurilor de război. Jacqueline Winspear scrie cu o precizie chirurgicală. Frazele sunt scurte. Tensiunea este palpabilă. Descoperim o Britanie aflată sub asediu psihologic, unde siguranța este o iluzie a trecutului. In This Grave Hour ne aruncă direct în inima conflictului. Maisie Dobbs s-a întors din gura lupului, după o misiune în care l-a privit în ochi pe Führer. Schimbarea este aici. Valurile de refugiați inundă porturile, căutând salvarea, dar aducând cu ei secrete periculoase. Moartea unor exilați declanșează o cursă contra cronometru. Sunt acești oameni victime colaterale sau ținte precise? Credem că miza nu a fost niciodată mai mare pentru protagonistă. Ca și To Die But Once, acest volum explorează disparițiile și pericolele din spatele liniilor frontului, dar dintr-o perspectivă mult mai sumbră, axată pe paranoia începutului de război și pe vulnerabilitatea celor dezrădăcinați. Dacă în The American Agent investigația era legată de legăturile diplomatice, aici accentul cade pe umanitatea strivită de mecanismul militar. Stilul autorului nu lasă loc de digresiuni. Fiecare pagină pulsează de urgența momentului istoric. Este un portret brutal al unei lumi care se prăbușește, unde intuiția lui Maisie devine singura busolă morală rămasă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780749021900
ISBN-10: 074902190X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: ALLISON & BUSBY
Colecția Maisie Dobbs
Seria Maisie Dobbs

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Pentru cititorii care apreciază un roman polițist istoric autentic, scris cu rigoare și nerv. Veți câștiga o perspectivă intimă asupra atmosferei tensionate din Marea Britanie la începutul războiului. Este recomandarea noastră pentru fanii seriei care doresc să vadă evoluția lui Maisie Dobbs într-un context de criză globală, unde granița dintre aliat și inamic devine tot mai neclară.

Descriere

Britain is at war. Returned from a dangerous mission onto enemy soil and having encountered an old enemy and the Führer himself along the way, Maisie Dobbs is fully aware of the gravity of the current situation and how her world ison the cusp of great change. One of those changes can be seen in the floods of refugees that are arriving in Britain, desperate for sanctuary from the approaching storm of war. When Maisie stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may have been more than ordinary people, she is drawn into an investigation that requires all her insight and strength.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Sunday, September 3rd, 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain’s declaration of war with Germany, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs’ flat to await her return. Dr. Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as a boy some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War. 
Within days, in a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters, and the threat of invasion, another former Belgian refugee is found murdered.  And as Maisie delves deeper into the killings of the dispossessed from the “last war,” a new kind of refugee—an evacuee from London—appears in Maisie’s life. 
While Maisie’s search for the killer escalates, the country braces for what is to come. Britain is approaching its gravest hour—and Maisie could be nearing a crossroads of her own.

Recenzii

“While Winspear maintains her focus on the volunteers and charitable organizations involved in their rescue and relocation, her portraits of individual evacuees like Anna, a homeless waif so traumatized she has stopped speaking, are enough to break your heart.” — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times
“Maisie Dobbs might be classified as a secret weapon judging by her courage and fierce determination as she plunges into wars…. Winspear has created a vivid niche.” — Muriel Dobbin, Washington Times
“Winspear conveys compassion and grief so well that it’s hard for readers to not relate to the characters and what they’re experiencing, even if they’ve not shared the exact circumstances…. Readers who like straightforward whodunits can also expect satisfaction. Ditto anyone who enjoys the rich character development and exploration of important life issues.” — Carolyn Haley, New York Journal of Books
“With authority and compassion, Winspear excels at captivating plotting, authentic casting and refined prose. Superlative crime fiction that breaks the boundaries of the genre, In This Grave Hour portrays a past that reverberates in the present.” — Jay Strafford, Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Winspear’s compelling series entry feels very timely in light of our current political climate over issues of refugees and immigration. Fans will line up to get this installment, but it also serves as a good introduction for new readers.” — Library Journal, starred review
“A fine novel, written with Winspear’s sure hand and ability to meld historical events into an engaging crime narrative. Fans will savor this one as they anticipate what Maisie will do in WWII.” — David Pitt, Booklist
“Although In This Grave Hour is a well-realized historical novel… many of the issues it raises continue to hold currency today…. And, of course, Maisie, with her quiet competence and unfailing compassion, continues to be one of the most interesting and resilient characters in mystery fiction.” — Norah Piehl, Bookreporter
“A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander.” — Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
“A series that seems to get better with every entry.” — Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
“With clarity and economy, Winspear lays the historical groundwork…. The setting matters, but what may matter more is the lovely, sometimes poetic way Winspear pushes her heroine forward…. May she shine on the literary scene for many books to come.” — Robin Bianco, USA Today, 3.5 out of 4 stars

Notă biografică

Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Consequences of Fear, The American Agent, and To Die but Once, as well as thirteen other bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels and The Care and Management of Lies, a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. Jacqueline has also published two nonfiction books, What Would Maisie Do? and a memoir, This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing. Originally from the United Kingdom, she divides her time between California and the Pacific Northwest.