num_pages: 322
description: Sue Feder/Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery Award Nominee.London, 1931. On the night before the opening of his new and much-anticipated exhibition at a famed Mayfair gallery, Nicholas Bassington-Hope falls to his death. The police declare it an accident, but the dead man's twin sister, Georgina, isn't convinced. When the authorities refuse to conduct further investigations, Georgina takes matters into her own hands, seeking out a fellow graduate from Girton College: Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator.The case soon takes Maisie to the desolate beaches of Dungeness in Kent, as well as the sinister underbelly of the city's art world. She again uncovers the dark legacy of the Great War in a society struggling to recollect itself in difficult times. But to solve the mystery of the artist's death, she will have to remain steady as the forces behind his death come out of the shadows to silence her.Jacqueline Winspear delivers another vivid, thrilling, and utterly unique episode in the life of Maisie Dobbs.
language: English
title: Messenger of Truth
titlecomplete: Messenger of Truth
characters: Maisie Dobbs
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 28429
places: United Kingdom
series: Maisie Dobbs
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: John Murray