Elegy for Eddie

  To my father, Albert Winspear, for sharing with me the extraordinary true story of the man who was born in a brewery stable and from that time had a magical communication with horses—he inspired the character of Eddie Pettit. Thank you, Dad, for your stories, and for passing on your love of horses to me.

  Once again, my friend Holly Rose fanned the flames of another novel with her insightful reading of the early chapters and huge helpings of encouragement.

  To my agent, Amy Rennert, and my editor, Jennifer Barth—thank you for your enthusiasm for my work and your wise counsel. I am deeply grateful to you both.

  To Andrew Davidson, the enormously talented artist and craftsman who designs the covers that grace the Maisie Dobbs series—thank you, Andrew, for your commitment to my books and for listening so carefully when I try to describe my own vision of each cover. Deepest thanks to Archie Ferguson at Harper, who pulls everything together.

  Also at Harper, much gratitude to Jonathan Burnham, Josh Marwell, Virginia Stanley, Kathy Schneider, Katherine Beitner, Jennifer Hart, Nicole Judge, and Mark Ferguson—your support, hard work, and attention to detail is so very much appreciated by this author.

  And deepest appreciation, as always, to my husband, John Morell, who knows the importance of breaking out the champagne when I reach The End.

  About the Author

  JACQUELINE WINSPEAR is the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Lesson in Secrets, The Mapping of Love and Death, Among the Mad, and An Incomplete Revenge, as well as four other nationally bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, Maisie Dobbs, which was also nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and was a New York Times Notable Book. Originally from the United Kingdom, she now lives in California.

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  Also by Jacqueline Winspear

  Maisie Dobbs

  Birds of a Feather

  Pardonable Lies

  Messenger of Truth

  An Incomplete Revenge

  Among the Mad

  The Mapping of Love and Death

  A Lesson in Secrets

  Credits

  Cover illustration by Andrew Davidson

  Cover design by Archie Ferguson

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  ELEGY FOR EDDIE. Copyright © 2012 by Jacqueline Winspear. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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