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    A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
    A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
    A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
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    A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel

    Written by Jacqueline Winspear

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

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    Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place . . .  

    In Jacqueline Winspear‘s  powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy, a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gibraltar leads Maisie into a web of lies, deceit, and peril.

    Spring 1937. In the four years since she left England, Maisie Dobbs has experienced love, contentment, stability—and the deepest tragedy a woman can endure. Now, all she wants is the peace she believes she might find by returning to India. But her sojourn in the hills of Darjeeling is cut short when her stepmother summons her home to England; her aging father Frankie Dobbs is not getting any younger.

    But on a ship bound for England, Maisie realizes she isn’t ready to return. Against the wishes of the captain who warns her, “You will be alone in a most dangerous place,” she disembarks in Gibraltar. Though she is on her own, Maisie is far from alone: the British garrison town is teeming with refugees fleeing a brutal civil war across the border in Spain.

    Yet the danger is very real. Days after Maisie’s arrival, a photographer and member of Gibraltar’s Sephardic Jewish community, Sebastian Babayoff, is murdered, and Maisie becomes entangled in the case, drawing the attention of the British Secret Service. Under the suspicious eye of a British agent, Maisie is pulled deeper into political intrigue on “the Rock”—arguably Britain’s most important strategic territory—and renews an uneasy acquaintance in the process. At a crossroads between her past and her future, Maisie must choose a direction, knowing that England is, for her, an equally dangerous place, but in quite a different way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 17, 2015
    ISBN9780062220592
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    Jacqueline Winspear

    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.

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    • 4/5
      The impetus for this particular story shocked and disappointed me. Honestly, must Maisie be in a state of mourning in order to get her detective on? Still, I enjoyed the mystery as well as Maisie's no-nonsense approach to her own healing.

      I hope the next book has Maisie back with her family and friends. Maybe Pricilla will join an investigation!
    • 5/5
      It’s been TWO years since fans have seen new Maisie Dobbs book, but between Leaving Everything Most Loved and A Dangerous Place, FOUR years have elapsed in Maisie’s life. I will let readers discover for themselves what happened in those intervening years. As the latest book begins, it’s 1937. Maisie finds herself in Gibraltar and not eager to return to England. She hasn’t done any detective work for some time. But when she discovers the body of photographer Sebastian Babayof, who’s a part of the Sephardic Jewish community, she can’t keep herself becoming involved. It seems that officials are more concerned about the refugees flooding into Gibraltar from the Spanish Civil War across the border than the murder. This book shows the strength of the character Maisie Dobbs. She is alone in a strange country, without any of the supporting characters that populated the earlier novels – except for mentions in letters to and from Maisie -- and able to carry the load all by herself. A Dangerous Place is a pivotal novel in the series and will mark the beginning of a new life for Maisie. Although it took awhile for me to get into the story, it has all the hallmarks of what makes this award-winning series so great: an almost perfect protagonist, wonderful plotting, superb writing. I hope the author ceases writing non-series books to concentrate on Maisie. She can continue to explore new writing horizons without abandoning Maisie and Maisie’s fans. This is one my favorite mystery series and I collect the books in hard cover. One of these days, I’m going to start reading the series from the beginning… it’s that good. Highly recommended.PS: Other reviewers have indicated a disinterest in Maisie's having anything to do with spying. I personally LOVE spy stories and will follow Maisie wherever she goes.
    • 3/5
      Not one of my favorites in the Maisie Dobbs series.
    • 4/5
      I don’t recall how many Maisie Dobbs books I’ve read at this point. I do remember falling in love with the character when I first discovered her and wanting to read everything I could in which she was the focus. Then for some reason the books changed and I became disillusioned with Maisie; the character had changed so much and reading about her lost the thrill it had previously held. I was very hopeful for this new book as at the end of the last one Maisie had left England on a journey of self discovery. I was hoping the next book would share that part of her life.That is not what I found when I read this tale. Instead Maisie’s trip and the major life changes that occur are compressed into a few short pages in the beginning and all of the build up from the previous book is basically over and done in two minutes of reading. I again felt betrayed and really didn’t want to continue reading but was committed to this review. So continue I did. Maisie is heading home to England but really doesn’t want to be going home. On the way she disembarks in Gibraltar to settle herself. While there she stumbles on a dead body and decides to find out who killed him and why. Her pursuit of this starts to give her life some substance. She also struggles to sort out the culture of Gibraltar and to try and understand the Civil War going on over the border in Spain.There is a lot going on in this tale. Where did it leave me regarding Maisie? To be honest – meh. The story didn’t really draw me in. Maisie’s attitude baffled me and the story at times just plain bored me. I really hate to write this because I loved this character so much and I just don’t understand where the author is going with her. Ms. Winspear has a way of setting a scene that is very compelling and that has not been lost, it’s just Maisie that is confusing me right now. I’ll give the series one more chance but if the next book is as confusing I’ll be saying farewell to Maisie Dobbs.
    • 4/5
      A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear is the eleventh book in her Maisie Dobbs series, and also, in my opinion, the most different from the others. Yes there is a mystery and plenty of historical fiction, however the reader learns more about Maisie and the inner turmoil she is going through in this book. It has been four years since Maisie has left England and she longs to head back to India for solitude and healing peace when she is summoned back to England by her stepmother. While Maisie is on a ship headed back to England and her aging father, she realizes she is not at all ready to return and ignoring all warnings disembarks early in Gibraltar. Gibraltar in 1937 is filled with refugees escaping the Spanish Civil War and things are not just dangerous in Spain, as Maisie quickly discovers as she becomes apart of a murder investigation of Sebastian Babayoff, an investigation that catches the eye of the British Secret Service, all the while Maisie herself, much like Gibraltar, is at a dangerous crossroads. Having enjoyed previous Maisie Dobbs books, I must say this one is my favorite. I liked the deep political and historical details, the new characters, and the very serious decisions that weigh heavily on Maisie. Winspear, in my opinion, has outdone herself with providing historical and political background, as well as creating an intense atmosphere, adding fabulous supporting cast members and reminding the readers just how far Maisie has come and what is has cost her to do so. For those new to the series or long time fans, I highly recommend A Dangerous Place.
    • 3/5
      Since last we met Maisie she has had major changes in her life and is overcome by grief. She is now returning from a trip to India and decides that she isn't quite prepared for what awaits in England so she disembarks at Gibraltar. There she realizes that she is being followed and confronts one of McFarland's men asking the reason. The mystery this time is more of how Maisie is going to deal with the changes to her life and the fast approaching discord in the world.This was probably my least favorite installment thus far because I always perceived Maisie as someone who could deal with adversity dealt her and that didn't seem to be the case this time. Her depression was depressing.
    • 4/5
      Sometimes I am not sure why I occasionally read the Maisie Dobbs books. They have something but at same time sometimes the mystery itself is quite disappointing. I liked the unusual Gibraltar setting but I was completely lost at the end as to who had done what and who had died. A disappointing installment for the mystery.
    • 4/5
      This is one of my favorite Maisie Dobbs books, because it deals with loss and grief in a very real way. The book opens with a series of letters that catch the reader up on some painful events that have occurred since the last book ended. Although somewhat recovered now, Maisie is not ready to return to England and debarks ship in Gibraltar. Stumbling upon an unresolved murder, Maisie uses work to try and grope her way back into life. Soon she is embroiled in a case involving Sephardic Jews, spies, arms smuggling, and the murky motivations of nations involved in the Spanish Civil War.
    • 4/5
      Sad about Maisie's tragedy, but really enjoyed watching her bounce back.
    • 5/5
      USPS delivered "A Dangerous Place" to my doorstep yesterday morning (yes, a Sunday!), transforming my rainy day into a perfect reading experience.
      This is the first book I've read set in Gilbraltar and Winspear, as ever, chooses and uses details that make me feel as though I'm there. Stuck as I am in my armchair adventurer role, this is such a gift!
      It's difficult to share all that is OH-so-satisfying or heart-stopping in this latest chapter of Maisie's life without spilling the beans. Therefore, I shall simply urge established fans to take their time, savoring each sentence, because this book "reads" very quickly.
      Readers who have not yet met Maisie Dobbs really mustn't make her acquaintance with this book. With spring breaks popping up this month and next, newbies ought to inhale the whole kit and kaboodle. Anyone facing down a "staycation" can pick up this series in a library or bookstore, transforming the week into something truly memorable.

      Honestly, this series offers some of the most satisfying reading available in contemporary fiction!
    • 4/5
      April 1937 and after four years away with many changes in Maisie Dobbs' life she is on the way back to England. But not being quite ready she stops off at Gibraltar. A country dealing with the effects of the Spanish Civil War and its refugees into the rock. It isn't long before Maisie literally stumbles over a dead body. But where will her investigations lead to.
      Another enjoyable well-written but slow-paced story in this series
    • 4/5
      I’ve been looking forward to the Munich 1938 book and that’s the next book so I was worried about being able to thoroughly enjoy this one as I read it.I couldn’t believe how much happened in the first chapter. It felt incredibly rushed and almost like reading an entire (skipped) book. A few years has elapsed since the last book.Who knew?! Maisie’s name is Margaret Rebecca. I don’t remember knowing this before this book #11.Gibraltar was interesting and I guess it was a nice change but I still prefer the English settings and I was surprised that there was little mentioned about Maisie’s time in India. It was mentioned that she was there but none of the story took place when she was actually there. And then there was some time in Spain. This is prior to WWII but during the Spanish Civil War. I wasn’t wild to be back in a war zone and back to nursing. I’d been happy to have that left behind for quite a while.In some ways this book felt different from all the other ten books preceding it. I did enjoy it though. The new supporting characters were interesting. Gibraltar was interesting. I took this book off of my UK shelf though. I’d made the false assumption that all the Maisie Dobbs books would fit on that shelf. Even though the next book takes place in Munich at least some of the time I think and hope some of it will take place back again in England.3-3/4 stars
    • 4/5
      In the last novel the reader was left with a tidy resolution - Masie was going to marry and chose a more conventional life. In this novel all of that is dismantled in a few short pages. I felt a little cheated. Here we find Masie struggling with depression and grief and hiding from her family and friends. She gets pulled into a murder in Gibraltar where she has stopped her journey when she can't face returning home. The atmosphere of the novel reminds the reader over and over that World War II is right around the corner. I hope to see better things for Masie in future books.
    • 3/5
      This is the 11th in the Maisie Dobbs series and four years have passed in Maisie's life since the last book. In the intervening years there have been some major changes in Maisie's life. The author has chosen only to refer to these important events rather than to write about them in detail. Now it is 1937 and Maisie is on a ship bound for England. She suddenly deicides to disembark at Gibraltar though war is raging in nearby Spain. After finding the body of a murdered man Maisie becomes embroiled in the investigation of his death and possible involvement in the war. Without a doubt this is my least liked book of the series. Maisie is once again in a transitional phase in her life and the author is using the same formula she used in the beginning of the series to move Masie along. War, nursing, Scotland Yard. I thought the whole plot so unlikely it was ridiculous and seemed like either the author didn't want to write the book, just needed to get the next installment out, or was being lazy.
    • 4/5
      When Maisie is on her way home from India to England in 1937, she makes a stop in Gibraltar. She is not yet ready to meet her family and friends after the tragic death of her husband and the loss of her unborn child. As it can not be otherwise, she stumbles upon a dead photographer shortly after her arrival. After telling the police everything she knew, she would have let the story rest. But knowing Maisie is exactly the last thing she does. She soon realizes that the police are not making much of an effort to find the killer, much worse, Maisie soon realizes that she is being shadowed. While she gets the help of the dead sister, she also takes advantage of her shadow. Soon Maisie has to realize during her investigations that the whole thing is very complex, that many political actors are involved and that the Spanish Civil War also plays a big role. She travels to Spain and has the privilege of having two nurses in a monastery in the mountains. Then she realizes that she has to postpone her journey home for a little longer, as she is needed there.
    • 3/5
      3.5 I was disappointed that the book opens to let us know that some very significant events in Maisie's life have been reduced to a few pages. I think there could have been another book or two to take place during those important years. This book just didn't keep my interest as well as the previous volumes in the series. I even thought Maisie was too predictable and a little boring. I have loved the series, and hope the next book is better.
    • 4/5
      Maisie's life takes a new turn and the book gets an extra point as the story continues interesting in spite of all the literary defects.
    • 4/5
      Murder mystery set in pre WWII Gibraltar, with good characterisation and enough 'local colour' to keep up the interest.
    • 4/5
      At the opening of this book, Maisie Dobbs has arrived in Gibraltar, in theory on her way home to England. In reality, she has realized she is not yet ready to face her homeland.

      It takes us a bit to learn fully what tragic events have set Maisie adrift.

      But as that background unfolds, Maisie is embarking, unintended, on a new investigation--the strange murder of a young photographer. The police immediately conclude that he was killed by a refugee from war-torn Spain, motivated by robbery. They attribute the photographer's camera being left behind to the coincidental arrival of Maisie on a walk.

      Gibraltar in 1937 isn't a safe place to be, but the danger is mostly potential. England still hopes that Europe isn't on the brink of war. The civil war is Spain is alarming, no doubt, but British authorities hope to profit from trade with the Nationalists, i.e., Franco's Fascists, backed by Hitler's Germany. British, German, and Italian ships are all patrolling the nearby waters, but the Rock isn't about to be attacked, at least not yet.

      Maisie, working through her grief, gets caught up in finding the truth of young Sebastian Babayoff's death, as much a distraction from her own grief as for the problem itself. She has no client in this case, after all. Yet she can't let it go. And as she investigates, she gets to know Senor Salazaar, a local cafe owner, Mrs. Bishop, the owner of the quiet guesthouse, she's staying in, Sebastian's sister Miriam, and Jacob Solomon, owner of a haberdasher shop who had given Sebastian studio space.

      She also attracts the attention of the British intelligence services.

      Once again, Maisie's growth is a bigger component here than the mystery of Sebastian Babayoff's death. And Maisie starts to wonder after a time how much her involvement in that investigation is her own doing, and how much she's being led by British intelligence, for other people's reasons. It's an engrossing and moving novel, but not necessarily a great mystery story.

      Recommended.

      I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      After the last few novels and Masie having to make choices about her future and the author pulls the rug out from under her in the first 10 or so pages, I found it somewhat jarring and discomfiting.Maisie goes from Canada to India and sails back (via the Suez canal) to England but when the boat stops in Gibraltar she decides to stop off and stay ther for a while, feeling a huge pressure to deal with the past and present. And then she falls over (quite literally) a body. She is sure that the dead man is not as he seems and with the Spanish Civil War next door she gets involved in complex politics of the era and human drama as it plays out.The beginning gave me some reading whiplash, but overall it was an interesting read. Maisie learns more about herself and how she wants to live her life.
    • 4/5
      This, number eleven in the Maisie Dobbs series, has Maisie working undercover for British Intelligence in Gibraltar, on the eve of the Second World WarIt’s pretty obvious—since I’m on #11—that I really like this series, but it long ago became less about the mystery and more about Maisie and the people in her life. Sometimes she’s maddening, but I am still entranced.4 stars
    • 3/5
      Maisie is not in London, or England, in this latest story. It's nigh-on impossible to comment on this plot without spoiling, so let me just say:
      This was well-done, yet different from the earlier Maisier Dobbs stories.
    • 4/5
      Since the last book, Maisie married James, moved to Canada, and became pregnant. James was killed in an airplane test crash and she subsequently lost the baby in shock. After spending and extended time in India, this story picks up in Gibralter, where Maisie has interrupted her voyage back to England from India to further brace herself for returning to face her losses head on.Spain is in the midst of civil war and Gibralter is filled with refugees. While out walking in the evening, Maisie discovers the body of a local photographer whom the police conclude was murdered by one of the refugees. This rapid conclusion doesn't sit well with Maisie and she embarks on an investigation of her own. Immersing herself back in her old line of work helps her to deal with the pains of grief.There is surveillance from Scotland yard, incursions into a war zone to provide medical services, and a variety of twists and turns typical to a Maisie Dobbs story. Although the tone was more somber than the most recent books, I still enjoyed this story very much and look forward to the next Maisie Dobbs adventure.
    • 3/5
      Winspear has completely rebooted Maisie Dobbs and it'll be interesting to see what happens to her. The mystery in this book wasn't very good and it got boring reading about Maisie being followed by different men but I'll still keep reading the series.
    • 5/5
      At the end of the last novel, Maisie had decided to expand her horizons with hopes of finding herself and deciding to accept or not accept James' marriage proposal.

      Well, as the date of James' ultimatum approaches, Maisie sends him her response...and I can't really share any more details without spoiling the book.

      READ IT IF YOU LOVE MAISIE.
    • 4/5
      I have followed the Masie Dobbs series from book 1. I thoroughly enjoy this series. The progression of Masie's life and the lives of the ongoing characters are enjoyable to watch. As a stand alone book I am not certain how a first time reader would judge it. The story line is a good one - but may not inspire one to begin with book 1 and move up to this one.
    • 4/5
      At the end of the last book in the Maisie Dobbs series, Maisie hadn't decided whether or not to accept James Compton's proposal. Several years have elapsed since the conclusion of that book. Maisie did marry James and moved with him to Canada, where he worked in the aeronautics industry. James was killed during a test flight, and Maisie's shock and grief caused her to lose the child she was carrying. Maisie has been unable to face returning to England and the home she had shared with James. Maisie has reached Gibraltar, and her discovery of a dead photographer shortly after her arrival gives her a puzzle to occupy her mind. Maisie's case map soon has threads leading to the Spanish Civil War, local communists, and intelligence agents (both British and foreign).I had hoped Maisie had left the world of espionage behind in A Lesson in Secrets, but it wasn't to be. I don't think the style of this series is particularly well suited to espionage plots. Even Maisie admitted to another character toward the end of the book that the explanation for the murder had become convoluted. She tried out several explanations of the death in conversations with several different characters, and each successive explanation served more to obfuscate than clarify the circumstances of the murder. The tension peaked too early, and Maisie's foray into war-torn Spain is unnecessary to the plot (although it is within character for Maisie to put her wartime nursing experience to use when she sees a great need for it.) I don't think this book would work as well as a stand-alone as some of the other books in the series. The series shifted from a post-war First World War focus to a build-up to World War II focus with A Lesson in Secrets, and I would recommend that readers new to the series go back at least that far to catch up before reading this installment.
    • 2/5
      Gibraltar is a stopping-off place for Maisie on her way home to England, and in some ways, this book feels like a stopping-off place - a stepping stone if you like - between the last book in the series and the next. The background of Gibraltar and particularly the Spanish Civil War (+ the Guernica episode) are well described, and as several reviewers have commented, fill in some gaps in our general awareness of this period. I the final analysis though, I found that I didn't really care that much about what happened to the characters(!), and felt that things would be much improved if Maisie was back in the UK with some of the familiar characters around her.
    • 4/5
      I was initially alarmed to discover, at the beginning of this book (so no spoiler alert) that Maisie had finally married James and was pregnant with their baby when James suddenly died piloting a plane. As a result, Maisie miscarried the baby. Holy smoke! How much can one character be expected to bear? But then I considered: how could she go on investigating crimes as a new mother married to a wealthy aristocrat who is somewhat in the public eye? Obviously, she could not, so the husband and child had to go. But what a shock! I sure hope Winspear has a happy ending planned for Maisie somewhere in the future. This episode started off a little slowly but built into a good story. I liked reading about Gibraltar, a place I had never thought about before, and the Spanish Civil War provided a suspenseful background for the action, such as it was. And I look forward to her next adventure in Munich.
    • 4/5
      Less mystery than usual but a better back story.