Maisie Dobbs (Book 1)
4 journalers for this copy...
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.
I like this series so much that I have started the second one. There is more than just a mystery as the author explores the psychological aspects of those served in WWI. You really get to know the people and what they went through.
Sending out to the person who selected this book in a swap at BookObsessed.
Sending out to the person who selected this book in a swap at BookObsessed.
Received safe and sound. Letting my mom read first since she is a huge mystery fan!
I thought this was just a lovely book. I really enjoyed the characters as well as the pacing of the story and how it flowed in time. Using for the 6 around the world bookswap.
arrived safe at my house, thanks again
update:
Good read, thanks for sharing with me
update:
Good read, thanks for sharing with me
Released 10 yrs ago (9/23/2013 UTC) at Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hessen Germany
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sent out via Birthday Exchange 2013 (BookObsessed), second parcel as my first came back to me
Nikel27, your belated birthday gift made it here safely :)
I really enjoyed this book. I slipped it into my bag for commute reading and found myself pulling it out last night so that I could find out more.
I loved the portrayal of pre and post WWI England. The author does a very good job of showing the horrors and pain suffered by both the soldiers and the general population during the war years and the sense of wanting to forget after the war.
This is definitely a series which will go on my TBR list.
I loved the portrayal of pre and post WWI England. The author does a very good job of showing the horrors and pain suffered by both the soldiers and the general population during the war years and the sense of wanting to forget after the war.
This is definitely a series which will go on my TBR list.
Journal Entry 9 by nimrodiel at CTA Purple Line South Blvd Station in Evanston, Illinois USA on Friday, January 10, 2014
Released 10 yrs ago (1/10/2014 UTC) at CTA Purple Line South Blvd Station in Evanston, Illinois USA
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Left in the window of the empty Evanston Review paper box facing the station entrance.