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The Hardest Loss of All

Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

November 5, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

In this book, the fourth in the Maisie Dobbs series, Maisie is asked to investigate the death of an old school acquaintance’s twin brother.  Nick Basington-Hope was a controversial artist and a veteran of the recent Great War, as is Maisie.  He had been keeping his work from the view of others due to its controversial content, but had just arranged for a grand showing.  Some of the pieces were quite large, and apparently, as he was installing them on his own on a landing, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: 1920s Britian, Anti-war sentiments, Artists colony on the beach, Jacqueline Winspear, Lives of the workin class not as frtunate, Maisie has her hands full, Mitfords love this new guy Hitler, Plenty of PTS from WWI, Ruling class still has big money

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: 1920s Britian, Anti-war sentiments, Artists colony on the beach, Jacqueline Winspear, Lives of the workin class not as frtunate, Maisie has her hands full, Mitfords love this new guy Hitler, Plenty of PTS from WWI, Ruling class still has big money ·
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