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_q(hardcover)
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050 1 4 _aPR6123.I575
_bW44 2023
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100 1 _aWinspear, Jacqueline,
_d1955-
_eauthor
_913427
245 1 4 _aThe white lady :
_ba novel /
_cJacqueline Winspear
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHarperCollins,
_c[2023]
264 4 _c©2023
300 _a321 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-selling Maisie Dobbs series. This heart-stopping novel, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White--veteran of two wars, trained killer, protective of her anonymity--when she is drawn back into the world of menace she has been desperate to leave behind. A reluctant ex-spy with demons of her own, Elinor finds herself facing down one of the most dangerous organized crime gangs in London, ultimately exposing corruption from Scotland Yard to the highest levels of government. The private, quiet "Miss White" as Elinor is known, lives in a village in rural Kent, England, and to her fellow villagers seems something of an enigma. Well she might, as Elinor occupies a "grace and favor" property, a rare privilege offered to faithful servants of the Crown for services to the nation. But the residents of Shacklehurst have no way of knowing how dangerous Elinor's war work had been, or that their mysterious neighbor is haunted by her past. It will take Susie, the child of a young farmworker, Jim Mackie and his wife, Rose, to break through Miss White's icy demeanor--but Jim has something in common with Elinor. He, too, is desperate to escape his past. When the powerful Mackie crime family demands a return of their prodigal son for an important job, Elinor assumes the task of protecting her neighbors, especially the bright-eyed Susie. Yet in her quest to uncover the truth behind the family's pursuit of Jim, Elinor unwittingly sets out on a treacherous path--yet it is one that leads to her freedom"--
_cProvided by publisher
546 _aText in English
563 _aBPL: David Winn Bishop and Isabel MacPherson Bishop Memorial Fund.
650 0 _aWomen spies
_vFiction
_96212
650 0 _aOrganized crime
_vFiction
_96024
650 0 _aPolice corruption
_vFiction
_96923
651 0 _aKent (England)
_vFiction
_913428
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
_2lcgft
_9129
655 7 _aDetective and mystery fiction.
_2lcgft
_9485
655 7 _aNovels.
_2lcgft
_950
907 _a.b178400609
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c28786
_d28786