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S'està carregant… The White Lady (2023)de Jacqueline Winspear
   Top Five Books of 2023 (406) Books Read in 2023 (2,584) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.   ) xfitkitten | Mar 28, 2024 |  Now, in post-war London, she meets a young family in turmoil. Elinor calls upon her old friends to inquire about this family and their business. She uncovers a crime family, but wonders how far into the government they infiltrated. She tries to save the family, while also redeeming herself from her past. Good story, an enjoyable and interesting read. ( ) rmarcin | Mar 14, 2024 | The writing was not only cliché bingo but also seemed to aimed at children, explaining simple terms that most people know or could be deduced from the context. Switching back and forth between both world wars and the late 1940s only dragged out the inevitable rather than building tension or developing the characters, but at least Elinor's childhood in Belgium was emotional and evocative - the SOE backstory was just ridiculous. I have no idea what the Mackie mafia subplot was supposed to be, apart from a very tenuous bridge between past and present. I'm just disappointed. I expected a historical novel based on the real life brave men and women of the SOE and got a Hallmark aga saga. (  ) AdonisGuilfoyle | Jan 24, 2024 | Audio performance by Orlagh Cassidy 4 stars I’ve been enjoying Winspeare’s Maise Dobbs series for years. I thought I might miss Maisie when I started this book, but I didn’t. The story grabbed me right away. The protagonist of this book, the ex-spy Elinor White, is a grittier, more hard nosed character than Maisie. Elinor began work in war resistance during WW1 as a 12 year old in Belgium. She was naturally recruited for more of the same during WW2. Much of this book is told in flashbacks of her training and war experiences. Winspeare manages to create some edge-of-the-seat suspense in the back story even though it’s clear from the beginning that Elinor survived her war service. The main plot of this book takes place in the years after the war as England struggles to recover. Elinor becomes concerned with the struggles of a young family living near her in the country. The father, Jim, has family ties to a dangerous criminal gang. Elinor’s war experience and training allows her access to a former college in Scotland Yard’s organized crime division. The post war investigation becomes tangled with the tragedy and mystery that ended Elinor’s war service. The book has a definite feminist slant. Elinor has the assertive edge of a woman playing a man’s game. As she untangles the current mystery and the mangled memories of her past she confronts the misogyny and the class prejudice of the police force and the various branches of the secret service. There’s also a mildly humorous side plot of a successful female criminal. I’m not sure I believe in Elinor’s intention to walk away from clandestine work at the end of this book. I’d enjoy reading more of this character. ( ) msjudy | Jan 20, 2024 | flashflood42 | Nov 26, 2023 |
 The White Lady, although we care about Elinor, her friendships and romances are mostly absent, thus she is a less well-rounded character compared to Maisie. To compensate for the lack of relationships, Winspear has plunged Elinor into two perilous wars, yet the author could have mined the action for more dramatic richness and extended these scenes. The novel has mysterious elements and some suspense, but it doesn’t fall squarely into either genre. Rather, it is a portrait of a redoubtable woman who unexpectedly is drawn into solving mysteries that have surfaced in the present but also have roots in her earlier life....he White Lady is a perfect fit for lovers of historical mysteries featuring intrepid, resourceful women who emerge as equal to their male colleagues and sometimes are more courageous. As a neighbor comments about Elinor, “She’s handy with a gun.” And she’s very clever. This is an excellent outing for Winspear, and if this novel is enjoyed, the first in her series, Maisie Dobbs, is highly recommended. Llistes notables
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: 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 f No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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