Book guide
Pardonable Lies
A mother’s deathbed doubt sends Maisie chasing a soldier’s fate.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalWar storyMysteryCold caseMysteryDetective proceduralMysterySecret pastCrimeDetective proceduralCrimeCold case
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About Pardonable Lies
Sir Cecil Lawton asks Maisie to discover whether his aviator son really died in the Great War, a question that shattered his late wife. The case takes Maisie to France, into spiritualist circles and toward painful secrets involving her own mentor and friends.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Maisie Dobbs · Book 3 of 18
Content warnings
- death
- war trauma
- violence
