Pardonable Lies (2005) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Maisie Dobbs: psychologist and investigator
• Agnes Lawton: a dead woman who never accepted that her son, Ralph was killed in WWI
• Priscilla Evernden: Maisie's old friend who lost three brothers in the war Her married name is Priscilla Partridge.
• Sir Cecil Lawton: Agnes's husband, trying to fulfill her dying wishes
• Maurice Blanche: Maisie's mentor
• Ralph Lawton: Agnes's aviator son, presumed dead in the Great War
• Billy Beale: A WWI veteran who works for Maisie as an assistant in her business. He walks with a limp but owes the use of his leg at all to Maisie's first love, Simon, who operated on Billy's leg shortly before an attack injured both Simon and Maisie.
• Pascale: An ebullient 13-year-old who lives in a chateau with her grandmother.
• Philippe: Madame Chantal Clement's deaf dog
• Mrs. Partridge: Priscilla Everdren Partridge is an old school friend of Maisie's
• Peter Evernden: Priscilla's brother who didn't return from WWI
• Jeremy Hazleton: Ralph's friend
• Avril Jarvis: young girl who is suspected of murdering Harold Upton
• Stratton: Police inspector
• Sandra: maid at Ebury Place who is friendly to Maisie
• Madeleine Hartnell: psychic Maisie visits
• Andrew Dene: doctor who is interested in Maisie
• Douglas: Douglas Partridge is Priscilla's husband
• Caldwell: policeman who works with Stratton
• Khan: Ceylonese wise man who taught Maisie how to make her mind be still
• Julian: Lord Julian Compton has helped Maisie since she was 13 and went to work in his home
• Madame Clement: lives in the chateau at Saint Marie with her granddaughter Pascale
• Eric: footman who helped care for the Compton's cars
• Teresa: maid in the house where Maisie lives
• James: Compton's son who lived in Canada and ran their business there
• Chalmers: policewoman
• Madame Thierry: runs a place where Maisie stays while in France
• Desvignes: Captain Henri Desvignes is a gendarme in Saint Marie
• Simon: Maisie's young love interest
• Mr. Roberts: a man who was in WWI whom Maisie interviews
• Charmaine Hazleton: wife of Jeremy Hazleton
• Grandmere: What Pascale calls Madame Clement, who is her grandmother
• Brayley: tried to protect his employer, Cecil Lawton
• Girton: School Maisie and Priscilla attended
• George: Compton's chauffeur
• Charles Little: solicitor assigned to help Avril
• Harold Upton: man supposedly killed by Avril
• Doreen Beale: Billy's wife
• Adele Nelson: woman who was posing as a psychic

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• France
• London
• Biarritz
• Paris
• England
• Taunton
• Sainte-marie
• Reims
• Vine Street
• Cambridge
• Goodge Street
• Germany
• Chelstone
• Canada

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Birds of a Feather, and followed by Messenger of Truth.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jacqueline Winspear (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Macavity Awards (2006: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, #1)
• Left Coast Crime Awards (Finalist, 2006: Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.92

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Historical
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary