London, 1931. Nicholas 'Nick' Bassington-Hope, a controversial artist and veteran of The Great War, and now on the cusp of fame, is found dead. His death from a fall on the night before a much-anticipated exhibition of his work at a famed Mayfair gallery is recorded as 'accidental' - yet the victim's twin sister, a former Girton student and wartime journalist who disguised herself as a man to get close to the battlefield, comes to Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator, for help. Despite overwhelming evidence to the ...
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London, 1931. Nicholas 'Nick' Bassington-Hope, a controversial artist and veteran of The Great War, and now on the cusp of fame, is found dead. His death from a fall on the night before a much-anticipated exhibition of his work at a famed Mayfair gallery is recorded as 'accidental' - yet the victim's twin sister, a former Girton student and wartime journalist who disguised herself as a man to get close to the battlefield, comes to Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator, for help. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Georgina Bassington-Hope believes her brother was murdered. Maisie takes on the case, which soon takes her from the underbelly of London's art world to the desolate beaches of Dungeness in Kent. But her immersion in her work could make her lose more than she bargained for, while an unexpected visitor urgently needs her help...
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