| Elegy for Eddie Contributor(s): Winspear, Jacqueline (Author), Cassidy, Orlagh (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792785894 ISBN-13: 9780792785897 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Maisie Dobbs Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" (0.20 lbs) |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Early April, 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden--peddlers selling fruit and vegetables on the streets of London--Eddie Pettit was kindness itself. A little "slow," he was a gentle soul, more boy than man, with a gift for calming the most challenging horse. His recent death in a violent accident has shocked his friends and neighbors. They believe Eddie was the victim of foul play, but the police won't investigate. Their only hope of finding the truth is Maisie Dobbs. Maisie has known these men from childhood when her father, Frankie, worked alongside them. Determined to do right by Eddie, she plunges into the investigation. The search for answers begins amid the working-class streets of Lambeth, where Eddie lived. But before long, Maisie is following threads of intrigue to a powerful press baron, a "has been" politician lingering in the hinterlands of power named Winston Churchill, and to the doorstep of a writer who is also the husband of her dearest friend, Priscilla. This is the story of a London affected by the march to war years before the first gun is fired, and of an innocent victim caught in the shadow of power, |
Contributor Bio(s): Winspear, Jacqueline: - Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Elegy for Eddie, A Lesson in Secrets, The Mapping of Love and Death, Among the Mad, and An Incomplete Revenge, as well as several other nationally bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, Maisie Dobbs, which was also nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and was a New York Times Notable Book. Originally from the United Kingdom, she now lives in California. Cassidy, Orlagh: -ORIGINAL BIO FROM AGENT ORLAGH CASSIDY: is a graduate of SUNY@Purchase and a recipient of The Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship. Off Broadway credits include: Bright Ideas at MCC Theatre and The Field at The Irish Rep (Drama Desk Nomination). Broadway credits include: Our Country's Good, Suddenly Last Summer, and Present Laughter with Frank Langella. Television credits include: Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Sex and The City and her decade long role of "Doris Wolfe" on Guiding Light. Film credits include: Passing Stones, Spinning into Butter, Purple Violets, Definitely Maybe, Calling It Quits, and the upcoming feature Motherhood. She is the voice on many commercials and several audiobooks and probably most well known for the mom in the 'BFF Jill' spots for AT&T. |