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Hailed by NPR's Fresh Air as part Testament of Youth, part Dorothy Sayers, and part Upstairs, Downstairs, this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to coast and is poised to add Maisie Dobbs to the ranks of literature's favorite sleuths.
Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence - and the patronage of her benevolent employers - she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.
Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence - and the patronage of her benevolent employers - she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.
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Cathy H. (
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
A wonderful series. The stories take place during the time between the World Wars. The characters in this story are greatly affected by WWI and the aftermath. Maisie is a female detective, but that isn't the most amazing thing about her. I highly recommend this series.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
If you enjoy a mystery with a little bit more to it than just fluff, you'll enjoy "Maisie Dobbs". Maisie opens her own detective agency in England, 1929. Originally a servant in a wealthy household, her intelligence is recognized by her employer and she is sent to college. This story also weaves in Maisie's experiences as a nurse in France during the Great War, and how those experiences influence and haunt her in the post-war years. All of this is wrapped in a good mystery tale. Highly recommended!
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
What I thought would be a mystery turned out to be an incredible time trip into Britain of WWI and the decade after. What an awesome piece of literature! It does contain a mystery, several actually, and the surprises continue right up to the last page. One of the best books I have ever read of any genre.
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
Finally, a mystery that is written above a 4th grade reading level! She's got a wonderful way with words, and the plot was pretty decent. The detective, Maisie, is a very real person with faults and quirks.
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a fantastic book that is in a first of a series. It is Agatha Christie meets Upstairs Downstairs. The author has created a perfectly delightful character in Maisie Dobbs who is quick and clever yet filled with plenty of her own personal diamonds. I like how the book touches on the English class system of the period and how World War I truly shook things up for people's economic standing in life. It is a book that appeals to a wide audience.
Cheryl R. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
#1 in the Maisie Dobbs historical series set in 1920's London, Maisie is a former nurse during WWI and now a private investigator. I actually started this book intending to cull it from the TBR--it's set in a timeframe I'm not particularly fond of and just expected not to like it. Hah! I loved it and devoured it! Best book I've read in awhile. The author has a very captivating writing style, and though there wasn't too much of a mystery with this one--more setting up the series with getting to know the main characters and the like with a light mystery to accompany it--but I was totally enthralled! I really like the main character and her outlook on life as well as the supporting cast...very well-drawn and fleshed out for a first in series. Excellent...have the next one on the way.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
A terrific mystery series set in post WWI England. I give it the highest possible recommendation.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent read. Mystery, history, personal story of an interesting woman in early-mid 20th Century. First of new series. Can't wait to read the second. Author's interview fascinating. Great for book groups, for has discussion questions.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
The first in a series about Maisie Dobbs who rises from being a scullery maid to becoming a private detective. Definitely a "can't put down" kind of book set in England right after WWI
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this mystery. The protagonist is an unusually bright daughter of a fruitseller, born in pre-WWI London. Through the sponsorship of an energetic noblewoman, Maisie becomes a detective who investigates through reason in an almost mystical way. Her own story is one of the most interesting things about this book--while at Cambridge, she joins the war effort as a nurse and falls in love with a doctor--which gives her special insight into the case she must solve.
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I thought this book was just okay. I think the story was interesting, but it just felt way too slow-moving for my taste.
This is the first in a series of books about Maisie Dobbs, the daughter of a London greengrocer who ends up opening her own detective agency in the 1920's in London after returning home from serving as a nurse in the first world war. Maisie isn't as polished a character as Harriet Vane - probably because Jacqueline Winspear is no Dorothy Sayers! Nevertheless, the book is fun to read if for no other reason than because of the period detail and the historical setting.
This is the first title in a splendid series, one that just keeps getting better with every book. Maisie is truly unique among the throngs of unusual detectives that have emerged in recent years, and the author deftly captures the texture of Britain (and the Continent) during that amazing period from WWI to WWII. There's something here for everyone, really. If you're a mystery buff, you'll enjoy the whodunnit storylines. If you like historical novels, you'll appreciate the authenticity of domestic details as well as the military insights. There's even a thread of Eastern mysticism and meditative arts that runs through the books, courtesy of Maisie's spymaster-turned-psychologist mentor.
This is a fun and informitive book! I loved reading this and the the others in the series. Highly recommend this series, if youa t all interested in the time period ! Give this author a try.
A poor London girl manages to go to university, then becomes a WW1 army nurse and after that, a private investigator.
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