Maisie was a nurse in the Great War. She saw much and understands what the men went through. Returning to civilian life she became a psychologist and investigator. Hired to find out if a man is being cuckolded by his wife, she discovers where the wife goes. Seeing a headstone with only a first n...
DNF @ p. 63 of 295 Previous Reading Update: So far, I am not impressed. If you follow Lillelara and have read her updates and the comments sections, you will already have gathered as much. I thought about leaving all my comments until the end of the book, but I don't think I can wait that long.....
I came across these books one day a couple of years ago and pointed them out to my good friend, Lainey, who loves anything to do with the Great War. She picked the first one up and went on to read the others and raved about them! *LOL* Finally, a few weeks ago, there was a sale and I managed to p...
Series: Maisie Dobbs #1 Narrator: Rita Barrington Perhaps I should have been clued in by the title. It’s just “Maisie Dobbs” not “Maisie Dobbs and something or other” or “Cute Pun Related to the Book or the Main Character”. There is a mystery here, but it’s not much of one. It just sort of reso...
I actually finished this a couple of weeks ago, but am just now getting around to some of my reviews. This was a really quick read. I totally fell in love with Maisie's character, and really like her spunk and spirit. I enjoy a strong, independent woman, especially one ahead of her time. I also...
Maisie Dobbs has just set up her own practice as something between a private investigator and a psychologist--a problem-solver, in the broadest sense. It's not easy for a professional woman to gain traction in post-WWI England, but fortunately for Maisie, influence in high places combined with a lit...
To like this book I think you have to like Maisie, and I really don't. The “mystery” itself takes a backseat in this book. The bulk of the story describes Maisie’s history - how she rose from humble beginnings, got educated at Cambridge, and finally opened her own investigative agency. But it read...
I have a fondness for historical mysteries and I'm something of an Anglophile, so I certainly would have been predisposed to like this story about a female private detective who sets herself up in London in 1929. The first strike was the writing style--there are point of view slips and it's overwr...
Maisie Dobbs was a richly written book full of great character development and a careful and textured recreation of historical time and space. For me the mystery in Maisie Dobbs was secondary to getting to know this character and her life, and I found her to be intriguing. She was strong, smart, a...
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