Jacqueline Winspear and Orlagh Cassidy - Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel

Set in 1930, this is the third in a critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Maisie Dobbs, a former maid who became a WWI nurse and then a psychologist/private investigator. Respected barrister Sir Cecil Lawton felt no particular affection for his son Ralph, but his wife, Agnes, was devastated when they received a report that Ralph's plane was shot down during the war. Despite all information to the contrary, Lady Agnes Lawton continued to insist over the years that Ralph still lived, and her unshakeable, obsessive belief unfortunately drove her into a private mental hospital. On her deathbed, she begged her husband to carry on the search, and his reluctant acquiescence to her dying wish brings him to Maisie Dobbs, who agrees to take on the case in exchange for a small fee plus Lawton's expert legal services in the defense of a poor 13-year-old girl who killed her abusive uncle. Minimize