false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256084877m/462033.jpg 462033 14 Hailed by NPR's <I>Fresh Air</I> as part <I>Testament of Youth</I>, part Dorothy Sayers, and part <I>Upstairs, Downstairs</I>, 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.<P> Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence&#151;and the patronage of her benevolent employers&#151;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. 976403 book 2003 Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs Mysteries) total:2320|5:593|4:1042|3:544|2:117|1:24| 2320 9023 3019 582 4 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Sep 02 10:15:02 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 10:15:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Aug 21 15:42:46 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 15:47:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 16:05:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 06:59:43 -0700 2008
At age 13, after her mother's death, her father sends her to be a servant in the home of a kindly aristocratic family. The family sees much...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 12 07:55:28 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 07:57:34 -0700 2008 Maisie Dobbs as one of the best books she’s read. The book cover boasts quotes from The New York Times (“Be prepared to be astonished”), NPR (“A quirky literary creation”), and Alexander McCall Smith (“[A:] real gift”). Naturally, I had hi...more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Jul 05 17:16:06 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 11:24:03 -0700 2007
That said, not all four books are of equal quality. For my taste, this o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 04 09:26:41 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 06:23:04 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 08:25:28 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 18:24:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 18:13:39 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 19:03:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:29:40 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:40:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Dec 07 20:59:32 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 20:59:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 15:07:43 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:09:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Aug 31 15:09:24 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 15:09:24 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jul 26 13:56:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 13:57:38 -0700 2009 Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear (read August 2006) Rating: 5/5
I had seen this book reviewed on several different reading blogs. All comments were complimentary and since I love a good mystery I decided to give it a try. I was of the mindset that it was written ages ago and was a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 26 06:02:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 06:12:51 -0700 2009
Maisie, who has come from the lower classes in class conscious England, has...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 03 23:03:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 23:19:58 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri May 01 10:00:27 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 10:14:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true true Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 22:21:25 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 04:04:30 -0800 2009 1
In terms of atmosphere and setting, yes, this book is very similar to Agatha Christie's works. But that's about where the simi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat May 17 20:07:28 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 21:48:37 -0700 2008
She bought it for her bookclub, but didn't want to keep it. I fell in love with Maisie and my heart went out to her.

Jacqueline Winspear captures the era and clothin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 07:16:34 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 08:55:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 10:19:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 12:59:33 -0700 2009
This book takes place in 1929, but also flashed back to World War I. The main character, Maisie Dobbs, is a very smart woman who works as a private inves...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=462033