An Incomplete Revenge

by Jacqueline Winspear Book 5 in the Maisie Dobbs Series series.

First published 2008

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During the hop-picking season of 1931, Maisie travels to a Kent village to assess land that her patron’s son is considering purchasing. The community appears peaceful, but recurring fires, thefts and hostility toward seasonal workers reveal a pattern of fear that local people refuse to explain.

Maisie’s questions lead back to violence experienced during the First World War and to the persecution of a travelling family blamed for events they did not cause. Solving the present crimes requires her to uncover the collective secret behind the village’s silence and to prevent an old grievance from completing a revenge that has remained unfinished for years.