Charlie Bright
Mar 2027 · Soho Press
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The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series introduces Charlie Bright, an unforgettable heroine for our time, in this high stakes historical mystery set in the moving shadows of 1947 San Francisco.
Charlotte “Charlie” Bright—a character Jacqueline Winspear fans will remember from her cameo appearances in the Maisie Dobbs series—is a smart, potent combination of open-hearted compassion and fearless tenacity, traits that endeared Maisie to legions of fans.
San Francisco, 1947: Twenty-seven-year-old British war bride Charlie Bright has been abandoned by her beloved American husband, Mike—and she is puzzled. Not only did he vanish without a word, but unsavory characters have been turning up on the doorstep demanding to collect on Mike's debts, or else.
But Charlie, a WWII veteran of the women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service and the daughter of a London policeman, is no shrinking violet. To stay afloat, she finds a job working as secretary to a genial San Francisco private investigator, and embarks on a quest to find out what has happened to the kind, charismatic Mike. When her probe leads to the sprawling Santa Clara Valley, a scenic paradise south of the City, so stunning it was known in the Bay Area as the "Valley of the Heart's Delight,” she witnesses new industries and other powerful forces muscling out family farms and businesses.
With the steadfast help of her two best friends and PI boss, Charlie confronts the powers that be, stirring up trouble with a rogues' gallery of corrupt police, real estate sharks, journalists, socialites, adulterers and mobsters.
Not far into the future, the Valley of the Heart's Delight will be known as Silicon Valley, and Jacqueline Winspear puts us right there at its shadowy birth. A tour-de-force inspired by real events, Charlie Bright is most of all a gripping tale of a powerful heroine demanding, and finding, justice.
Charlotte “Charlie” Bright—a character Jacqueline Winspear fans will remember from her cameo appearances in the Maisie Dobbs series—is a smart, potent combination of open-hearted compassion and fearless tenacity, traits that endeared Maisie to legions of fans.
San Francisco, 1947: Twenty-seven-year-old British war bride Charlie Bright has been abandoned by her beloved American husband, Mike—and she is puzzled. Not only did he vanish without a word, but unsavory characters have been turning up on the doorstep demanding to collect on Mike's debts, or else.
But Charlie, a WWII veteran of the women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service and the daughter of a London policeman, is no shrinking violet. To stay afloat, she finds a job working as secretary to a genial San Francisco private investigator, and embarks on a quest to find out what has happened to the kind, charismatic Mike. When her probe leads to the sprawling Santa Clara Valley, a scenic paradise south of the City, so stunning it was known in the Bay Area as the "Valley of the Heart's Delight,” she witnesses new industries and other powerful forces muscling out family farms and businesses.
With the steadfast help of her two best friends and PI boss, Charlie confronts the powers that be, stirring up trouble with a rogues' gallery of corrupt police, real estate sharks, journalists, socialites, adulterers and mobsters.
Not far into the future, the Valley of the Heart's Delight will be known as Silicon Valley, and Jacqueline Winspear puts us right there at its shadowy birth. A tour-de-force inspired by real events, Charlie Bright is most of all a gripping tale of a powerful heroine demanding, and finding, justice.
The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series introduces Charlie Bright, an unforgettable heroine for our time, in this high stakes historical mystery set in the moving shadows of 1947 San Francisco.
Charlotte “Charlie” Bright—a character Jacqueline Winspear fans will remember...
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About the author
Jacqueline Winspear is the author of eighteen novels in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling series featuring psychologist-investigator Maisie Dobbs. In addition, Jacqueline’s 2023 non-series novel, The White Lady, was a New York Times bestseller, and her 2014 WWI novel, The Care and Management of Lies, was again a New York Times bestseller as well as a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. Jacqueline has also published two nonfiction books, What Would Maisie Do? and an Edgar-nominated memoir, This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing. Jacqueline’s work encompasses essays and journalism covering a wide range of subjects, from women working in wildfire management to articles on international education and social history.
Jacqueline Winspear is the author of eighteen novels in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling series featuring psychologist-investigator Maisie Dobbs. In addition, Jacqueline’s 2023 non-series novel, The White Lady, was a New York Times bestseller, and her 2014 WWI novel, The Care and Man...
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