Maisie Dobbs and Birds of a Feather
'...an exclusive QBP 2-in-1 edition, are two of best-selling author Jacqueline Winspear's critically acclaimed World War I-era novels, featuring our new favorite female sleuth, Maisie Dobbs.'
'...an exclusive QBP 2-in-1 edition, are two of best-selling author Jacqueline Winspear's critically acclaimed World War I-era novels, featuring our new favorite female sleuth, Maisie Dobbs.'
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781582881584 (1582881588)
ASIN: 1582881588
Pages no: 623
Edition language: English
Series: Maisie Dobbs (#2)
I loved the first Maisie Dobbs book, and this was a nice follow up. I felt that there was a good development in the friendship between Maisie and Billy, and I got to know each of them better as characters. I really loved Maisie in the first book, her character, her history, and how she approached ...
While parts of this inter-war story are a little modern I still enjoyed it. Maisie Dobbs is an interesting character and the aftermath of World War I are tackled her. Including such issues as addiction and the White Feather Society. When the daughter of a self-made man goes missing, Maisie invest...
Another winning effort, further development of Maisie Dobbs, and another view of the times, as the book progresses, with flashbacks to before and during the "Great War" and the story placed in the aftermath. Again, well researched, telling the story in a way to illustrate the times as one might hav...
Second Maisie Dobbs mystery, and a book I am struggling desperately to remember. Ah, yes. There are several interesting twists involved, but I think I pinpointed my problem with the first book. I'm not very fond of Maisie's detecting style. I mean, mixing in a bit of psychology is fine, but there we...
I gave this second book in the Maisie Dobbs series a chance, after a lukewarm reaction to the first book. I ended up not really liking the second one either, which is a shame, because they have such great potential. A young, female detective in London in the years after World War I sounds like a gre...