New York: SOHO Press, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in this highly praised series, set in 1930 in an England still suffering from the effects of the Great War. Maisie, who has journeyed from a 13 year housemaid to a student at Cambridge and a nurse in the war, has now set up on her own as a private investigator. INSCRIBED on the title page. 311 pp. ISBN: 1-56947-3684.