by Jacqueline Winspear
London, 1930. Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs is hired to prove that a wartime aviator really died when his plane went down years ago, an investigation that leads her back to France for the first time since she served there as a nurse. She has to confront those memories in order to bring ...
liked it, but the writing seemed a bit redundant/duplicative in places and the narrator kinda irked me...more to follow
Like most Maisie Dobbs books, this included a case related to the aftermath of WWI as well as a case that makes Maisie think about her personal experiences in the war. Her first case is an odd one, as she is asked to prove that a man’s son did not survive the war. This leads to a more personal inves...
I really enjoy this series. The mellow telling doesn't hurt the story which moves at a very satisfying pace - not too fast and not too slow. The mysteries, and there are more than one, are drawn to a close in a very natural manner - some obvious, others not so much. I have read all the books in thi...
Two of my favorite genres are historic fiction and mystery, so to discover a series that combines the two, and does it exceptionally well, is always a real find. Jacqueline Winspear has created a winner in her Maisie Dobbs series. Set in England just following World War I, Maisie Dobbs a psycholog...
really wish they had 1/2 stars!Interesting setting, England and France between the two WWs. Love that she is an independent woman in that time period.Enjoyed it enough to want to read the next one in the series.
Maisie Dobbs, female sleuth and former battlefield nurse, tackles three major cases in Pardonable Lies. Maisie is brought in by inspector Stratton of Scotland Yard to interview a young girl suspected of murder. Although evidence puts her at the scene of the crime Maisie believes in the girl's inn...
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