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Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs #4)

by Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author)

3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 · rating details · 5,359 ratings · 517 reviews

Sue Feder/Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery Award Nominee

London, 1931. On the night before the opening of his new and much-anticipated exhibition at a famed Mayfair gallery, Nicholas Bassington-Hope falls to his death. The police declare it an accident, but the dead man's twin sister, Georgina, isn't convinced. When the authorities refuse to conduct further invest...more

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Published June 12th 2007 by Picador (first published 2006)

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Sep 06, 2007 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was my latest experience with Maisie Dobbs, the post-WWI British heroine created by Jacqueline Winspear. This fourth book in the series was good, but somehow I didn't enjoy it as much as the third three- don't know why. I highly recommend the whole series though!

I was excited to read in the p.s. section of the third book, "Messenger of Truth", that the series will be adapted for British television and that Winspear envisioned Anthony Hopkins and Maggie Smith as playing roles, although I don...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Hannah rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011-reads, mysteries

Rating Clarification: 2.5 stars

This series seems to be getting weaker and weaker, or more likely I'm getting more and more fed up with Maisie Dobbs: "New Age Geru Detective Extroidinaire".

#4 in the series finds Maisie on the hunt to determine whether her client's artist brother fell from some scaffolding, or was pushed to his death on the eve of his big art exhibition.

Along the way, Maisie discovers an appreciation for "ART", and Winspear tries to breath some color and emotion into her characte...more

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May 13, 2012 Peggy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: detective-mysteries

I'm a Maisie Dobbs fan. Her character is developing over the series. In this book, she tests her independence on several fronts: professionally, by not calling on her mentor, Maurice Blanche, domestically, by living alone, and romantically, by separating from her suitor. She is investigating the death of an artist, meanwhile observing much about the society around her (1931, London), including veterans, the brutality of war, the rise of fascism, class differences, poverty, family relationships,...more

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Oct 27, 2007 Sharon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anglophiles, Sally Lockhart fans

Shelves: mysterythriller, series

This book, the fourth in the series, is a failure as a mystery. Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate a death that might be murder, and eventually she uncovers not only the truth but also a smuggling ring. Unfortunately, although the reader can follow the trail of the smugglers, the resolution of the central death seems to depend on Maisie's psychic abilities--abilities that the reader doesn't have. The resolution makes sense, but it seems to come out of the blue.

There are, however, a number of r...more

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May 13, 2013 Gordon rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Again, the theme of these books is the consequences of decisions. Lady Rowan, the patroness of Maisy, decides that she cannot maintain her wasteful, upper-class lifestyle, and closes her house in London, choosing to maintain it only if her son returns from Canada. That leads to her household staff being thrown out into the Depression of England. We applaud her commitment to thrift, but we are horrified by what the staff faces. Maisy chooses between her relationship with the perfect man and her f...more

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Apr 16, 2013 Susan Ferguson added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, fiction, mystery, nook-owned

Maisie Dobbs has had an unconventional up-bringing. She started working as a servant as a young girl when her mother died. Then a visitor to the family discovered that she was reading some of the most difficult books in the estate library and trying to learn foreign languages to read some of the books. So Maurice becomes her teacher and mentor, training her in psychology and detection.
This is the 4th book of her cases. The books are set pre and post World War I - mostly post although the beginn...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Katherine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I wanted to like this novel. Maisie Dobbs could be such a great heroine, but she's just not. She thinks too much like a modern woman, is always telling people high up on the social pyramid how they ought to treat those further down and they just do it. More nuance would have been appreciated. If I'm looking for a smart, appealing heroine, I'd prefer Amanda Fitton from the Allingham novels, and she's just the protagonist's fiance/wife.

As for the plot, I figured out everything except who did it (m...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Kathy Davie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: history, mystery

Fourth in the Maisie Dobbs historical mystery set in December 1930 London and revolving around a woman who incorporates a meditative psychology with her detective work.

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In this story, we explore the lives of artists, painters, a writer, and a musician. What makes them tick, the places they work. What spurs them on. As for the coast at Dungeness, I don't think it has anything to do with all the red herrings in this.

Oh, god, this was so incredibly sad. Such talent ended. A family devastated...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Stephanie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012reads, fiction, historical, mystery

This is the 4th installment in the Maisie Dobbs series. Maisie is hired by a well-to-do journalist to investigate the presumed accidental death of her artist twin brother. With her usual methods blending traditional investigation techniques and psychology, Maisie dives into the life of the dead artist. In the process she illuminates some truths about the unique bohemian family to which the siblings belong.

This is a pretty solid addition to the Maisie Dobbs Series. The case being investigated wa...more

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May 18, 2012 Nancy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-or-something-akin-to-it

Funny I liked this book more than the last couple, but can't put my finger quite on why that is... the parts don't add up to my feelings about it as a whole, but nonetheless...

The not so good: A lot was happening with the main plot and several subplots, a rather scattershot approach: the main mystery with a smaller one trailing along; Billy's dilemma; and Maisie's own interpersonal adventures (Dr. Dene; Maurice and Lady Rowan; and the Bassington-Hopes; Maisie's own triptych, if you will). This s...more

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Jul 07, 2011 Barbara Mitchell rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For months now I've been reading other bloggers' reviews of Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs mysteries. Everyone likes them. So, I looked in the box of books given to me a while ago and found Messenger of Truth. This isn't the first in the series, but I don't usually have the opportunity to read a series in order so I plunged right in.

This story is set in London in 1931. The setting is of a changed city after World War I where some women have taken on new types of jobs but the poor are still a...more For months now I've been reading other bloggers' reviews of Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs mysteries. Everyone likes them. So, I looked in the box of books given to me a while ago and found Messenger of Truth. This isn't the first in the series, but I don't usually have the opportunity to read a series in order so I plunged right in.

This story is set in London in 1931. The setting is of a changed city after World War I where some women have taken on new types of jobs but the poor are still almost Dickensian in their lives and the rich are oblivious to their plight. Maisie has, after a breakdown, set herself up as a psychologist and inquiry agent (Private Eye) with an assistant, Billy Beale, who is a poor man with a large family to support. He feels fortunate to have a job and is immensely loyal to Maisie. She has also rented her own apartment, though the heat is iffy in this very cold winter.

Her client in the story is Georgina Bassington-Hope (love the name) whose brother, Nick, an artist, has died in an apparent accident. He fell from large scaffolding erected to mount his latest work, what everyone suspects is a triptych. There is a younger brother, Harry, who plays the trumpet and is eternally in debt to dubious people, and an older sister, Noelle, who is the practical member of an artistic, creative family. She is also a war widow. The parents, both artists, are still alive, living in the old family home.

All of these characters are splendidly drawn. I must admit I've been catching myself talking like a Londoner in the 1930s. Along with the immediate mystery of whether Nick fell or was murdered, there is a pervasive, lurking suspicion involving the rise of Hitler's Nazi Party in Germany. What does it all mean for Europe and particularly England?

We are introduced to Nick's best friends, also artists, Billy's family, Maisie's father, and her beau. Lots of characters, but reading the book is something like sitting in a comfortable room beside a roaring fire on a cold winter day as a good storyteller weaves a magical tale. I thought it started out slowly but the characters were interesting enough to draw me in until I was deeply involved. I want to read the older books now, but not having done so didn't dampen my enthusiasm about Messenger of Truth at all. No wonder my book blogging friends rave about Winspear's books. (less)

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Jun 29, 2011 Nancy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am a great fan of Winspear's Maisie Dobbs books but this particular one just didn't appeal to me.

Maisie has a budding reputation as a psychologist and investigator with uncanny sensitivity and intuition. Her intuition was totally intact in this book but she could have used a training session on interpersonal relationships. She blew off her lover with little explanation (and less regret) and she was barely civil to her benefactress, and then her mentor, when they attempted to "connect" with her...more

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Mar 17, 2011 Pam rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Scotland Yard doesn’t have time for reporter, Georgina Bassington-Hope’s paranoid theories. That’s why they’ve sent her packing to see Maisie.

Her acclaimed artist of a twin brother fell off of his scaffolding while working and it’s been ruled, over and over, an accidental death. Case closed.

Georgina can’t fight that lingering malicious feeling, though, and it soon finds her on Maisie’s front step, begging the question: if he didn’t fall of his own mistake...more

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Feb 28, 2011 Martha Davis rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Well, Jacqueline has done it again. Made me Mad for Maisie all over again. Just when I think I can’t love the next one as much as the last, I read the next and love it more.

One of the issues I sometimes have with series is the character either never changes, grows, or evolves or he or she change in ways I do not enjoy. This cannot be said about Maisie. I love the way she grows and develops over each novel. She learns more about her self and we learn more about her. This entry in the series is no...more

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Jan 25, 2011 AnnaMay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I thought the last page was beautifully crafted to compliment another great book. I'm glad I read it! I look forward to the next in the series.

The issue of 'children not having access to medical care' really touched a note with me. I am so glad to be in a time and country where I haven't found that to be the case. While much isn't going well with healthcare, a lot has improved. I have usually found the help we've needed to make sure our kids have access to good healthcare, despite our lack of re...more I thought the last page was beautifully crafted to compliment another great book. I'm glad I read it! I look forward to the next in the series.

The issue of 'children not having access to medical care' really touched a note with me. I am so glad to be in a time and country where I haven't found that to be the case. While much isn't going well with healthcare, a lot has improved. I have usually found the help we've needed to make sure our kids have access to good healthcare, despite our lack of resources to pay [i.e. a daughter life-flighted to Primary's and kept on life support until open-heart surgery could be performed, then the ensuing check-ups. No one asked us at the emergency-room-door if we had the funds to put her on life-support or to finance a helicopter transportation and subsequent operation.] This has been my experience, but I still hear stories of how that is not so in many instances of "classes" lower than mine. Healthcare seems to be linked to the level of one's parents' education in my observations. I don't know if this is an accurate assumption, as it could just be my naievete speaking. How can this gap be bridged? If that perception is accurate, then it shows that we haven't really come far since WWI England in helping those who need it.

This brings up another point that the novel addresses accurately: those who have fought in the war (current times not excluded) seem to come home with their injuries (physically seen and those hidden, like PTSD) and be left with a battle in some ways more difficult than the one they physically left. What can be done to aid in the transition, in the medical care needed, in the counseling, in the support for family of those affected by service in the military? Why do these problems persist throughout so much time-span in history?

The novel does well in setting up the circumstances for WWII's being imminent. Such poverty and dejection with life leads people to really passionately desire something better. Following the political and military leaders that were 'up and coming' seemed to be the way to accomplish a ticket to that 'better life.' I sympathize with the characters in the novel who were willing to work, able to work, intelligent and healthy, yet couldn't find employment to support those they loved and were responsible for. That has got to be one of the most frustrating, degrading, disheartening things a provider can go through.

I was surprised at Maisie's ending her relationship with Dene and am curious where it leads her. I appreciate her candidness in addressing the possibility that her detective work may hold her captive through some of her faults (seeking the thrill, gleening from others' life drama, etc.) I was glad to read of her letting her flat to a friend to share. It's dangerous when we identify something in ourselves we don't like, but then do nothing to alter our actions. Sharing with Sandy gave me hope for Maisie's noble character :).(less)

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Aug 18, 2010 Phillip rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is something of a challenge to respond to the fourth book in a series of novels that I have been reading in rapid succession. I think the element that most impressed me in this novel, even though it has been present in each of the others, is the mission Ms. Winspear's protagonist, Maisie Dobbs, pursues to not merely discover the truth, but to bring healing to all parties involved.

Once again, the ravages of World War I haunt the various cast of characters as they deal with the apparently accid...more

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Jul 07, 2009 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A war does not end with an Armistice. The fall-out goes on and on, as long as the survivors are alive. And maybe longer. Ms. Winspear sets her series of murder mysteries in London and environs just in-between the two world wars. Her plots involve the lingering effects of war, the reactions and feelings of those survivors, as well as the plight of ordinary citizens at a time of financial recession. Her sleuth, Maisie Dobbs, an unmarried still-young woman who has risen from the servant class to th...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Rusty rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, historical-fiction

It's 1931 in London when an emerging artist, Nicholas Bassington-Hope, dies in a fall from the scaffolding from which he is hanging paintings for his latest and most talked about show. Is it an accident or murder? Nicholas' twin sister, Georgina, believes that it is murder and hires Maisie Dobbs to investigate and find out.

In the process Maisie discovers much about herself. Her determination to be a self-supporting and independent woman in a time of change leads her to evaluate her romantic life...more

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Jun 14, 2011 Lisa rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like the characters of Billy Beale, Frankie Dobbs, Lady Compton, even Maisie's friend Priscilla (who doesn't really make an appearance in this book), but for some reason, I just don't feel the same toward Maisie. I'm not sure why; I don't really have reason to dislike her.... I just can't explain it. Part of me feels that there is just more vibrancy to these other characters than to Maisie herself. She has the backstory, but it just doesn't help me to see her as fleshed out as the other charac...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Alexis Villery rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Set in London after the Great War, Maise Dobbs has quite a mystery on her hands. Nicholas Bassingon-Hope, upcoming artist, has fallen to his death. His sister Georgina feels in her heart that her twin brother has been murdered and when the police do not believe her, she turns to Maisie. Without any clues to point to murder, Maisie takes the case, determined to bring peace to the Bassington-Hope family one way or the other.

Before I write anything else, I have to state how much I LOVE this cover....more

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Feb 10, 2010 E.J. Stevens rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Messenger Of Truth, the fourth book in the Maisie Dobbs mystery series, is filled with a pervasive melancholy that casts its shadow upon Massie and her clients. Jacqueline Winspear masterfully creates a tangled emotional web in which Maisie, with her fine-tuned skills of sensitivity, is ensnared. The war is over but the devastation and dire economic situation have resulted in crime, disease, death and desperation throughout Maisie’s beloved London. When Miss Dobbs is called upon by a fellow form...more

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May 02, 2013 Pat rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I listened to this on Audio, and I must confess a preoccupation of mine is the British accent. I know I am not the only one, since many commercials are done with a British voice to attract our attention. That keeps me listening to Maisie Dobbs. I started this one and about 1/3 of the way through,I thought , oh I am tired of this one. However just as I was feeling flustered, and tired of the tale, Jacqueline Winspear, the author, makes the whole story come together and I want to hear the end.What...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Jill rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was definitely better than Birds of a Feather, but not quite as good as Maisie Dobbs and Pardonable Lies. I will say that she didn't fall prey to the one small quibble I had with Pardonable Lies, that of feeling the need to put the heroine in a dangerous situation that didn't feel organic to the plot, simply to adhere to the conventions of the mystery genre. I really appreciate that she is becoming confident enough in the character and series to tweak the genre as she sees fit. I expect to...more

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Aug 27, 2011 Mw rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This might be my favorite so far of the Maisie Dobbs series. A few notable quotes:

"it was always best to allow a person who had something important to say, perhaps a declaration or a complaint, the courtesy of an uninterrupted statement."

"hadn’t Maurie told her once that the most important question any individual could ask was, “How might I serve?”

"the excitement, the thrill, and it was a thrill, when she embarked on the work of collecting clues to support a case"

"Truth........that bolt of recog...more

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Jul 12, 2011 Ariel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-maisie-dobbs

I have been reading along all of the books in this series fairly quickly until I got to this one. It is so sad I had to put it aside for awhile before finishing it. The problem for me in this book is that I am starting to not like Maisie very much. Would it have killed her to go check on Billy's daughter when she found out she was sick. She was after all a nurse and she knew that he didn't have the money to take her to the doctor. She could have at least given him the money. He has put himself o...more

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Jun 04, 2011 Jenn rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, from-the-library, mystery, novel, read-2011

I'm giving three stars instead of four for this book, which had some of the best and worst moments of the series so far. The mystery involves a painter, Nick Bassington-Hope, who falls from a scaffolding on the eve of unveiling his newest work at a gallery. Nick's twin sister, Georgiana, engages Maisie Dobbs to investigate whether his death was really an accident, as the police claim, or murder, which she suspects.

The piece of art itself hasn't been seen by any of Nick's closest friends or fami...more I'm giving three stars instead of four for this book, which had some of the best and worst moments of the series so far. The mystery involves a painter, Nick Bassington-Hope, who falls from a scaffolding on the eve of unveiling his newest work at a gallery. Nick's twin sister, Georgiana, engages Maisie Dobbs to investigate whether his death was really an accident, as the police claim, or murder, which she suspects.

The piece of art itself hasn't been seen by any of Nick's closest friends or family, which makes the mystery a double search: for the truth of Nick's death and for the content of the painting. In investigating this, Maisie must wander through a somewhat foreign side of London: the fun side. While there's a lot of interesting mystery and detection, the most engaging part of the story has to do with the expanding social education of Maisie Dobbs. She goes dancing (on duty), she tries to enjoy her new flat, she --spoilers!!-- breaks up with Andrew Dene in order to be more independent. She's also broken free from her old mentor (after a fight in the third book). She barely mentions Captain Lynch. She even wears fashionable trousers! Somehow, though, in this book Maisie seems to have less fun than ever. Her decision to break up with Dene is quick and, for someone who's supposed to think so clearly about everything, muddled in its reasons and motivations. Her investigations are interesting, but she never seems fully interested in them. Instead, the book bounces from point to point, place to place, without ever comfortably inhabiting one strand with the full power of Maisie's supposedly legendary intelligence.

Throughout the book, there's nice attention to the struggle Maisie feels in her societal position. She's not of the same class she was when she was born, but she's not of the carefree upper class that she serves and socializes with, either. She's caught in between, constantly wanting to move ahead but feeling bad for those she leaves behind. There's actually several well-done moments that reveal this throughout, including her too-late intervention when her assistant's child falls ill. Though as a reader I wanted to see Maisie do more for Billy and his family, the reality of the times and situation prevented her. That was actually nice, if difficult, to read.

The problem is that her internal struggles come at the price of losing some attention to the external struggles of her investigation. Though Maisie may not be that interested at all times in what's going on with the Bassington-Hope case, it's imperative that the reader should be -- so the twists and turns, red herrings and blind alleys, that the author insists on exploring feel very much like not only Maisie going through the motions but also the writer. I wanted to care more about the entire mystery, but the players at the center of it were obscured for nearly the whole story -- making the final, emotional climax not very emotional at all. Like Maisie, we must lie in wait for the "villain" of the story to confess his crimes out loud in order to understand. A better story might have led us to understanding what he'd done without ever having made him give the Bond-villain speech at the end.

Overall, it was fine, but not richly written like the first volume. The fifth book promises a change from the norm, and I do look forward to picking it up soon.

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Apr 14, 2011 Sheila rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I started in the middle of the series since my local library did not have the first few available. I was very happy to find that I was able to get into the story without having read the beginning books. Although I am going to go back and read them.
Maisie Dobbs is an independent woman in England and is not following in the footsteps of other women her age. The experiences that have led her to her current occupation as an investigator are alluded to as well as her humble background. She went to a...more

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Feb 01, 2011 DJ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-and-returned, who-dunnit

This is the 4th book in Ms Winspears "Maisie Dobbs" series.
I have previously read the first one, and I do think that I have possibly missed out on the evolution of the characters by coming in to this book without reading the middle 2 books.....
Whilst I loved Maisies character in the first book, there was something just a little too" preachy" for my taste, hence my previous comment.
In saying that,I adored the way that this story was put together and showed the after effects of WW1 on Britain. I t...more

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Mar 08, 2013 Marg added it · review of another edition

This year the tenth book in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear is being released. To celebrate, there is a month long blog tour called The Month of Maisie which will focus on the whole series, with the first seven books in the series being featured in this first week of the month, leading up to the newest book at the end of the month.

Because I was a bit slow in jumping on board this series, I have just read the fourth book, Messenger of Truth. Once again, investigator/psychologist Ma...more

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Jan 23, 2013 Aliza rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I love this series but found this entry to be the weakest. The principal problem, I think, is that unlike the other books, the central figures in the case Maisie was investigating lacked the personal connection to her that existed in the cases in previous books, and beyond that none of them were very sympathetic or engaging. The subplot involving Billy's family was also unconvincingly worked into the book and I was bothered by Andrew Dene's treatment of Maisie, which is understandable in many wa...more

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Jacqueline Winspear was born and raised in the county of Kent, England. Following higher education at the University of London’s Institute of Education, Jacqueline worked in academic publishing, in higher education and in marketing communications in the UK.

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“She closed her eyes, silently continuing the pleas that she be given words that might soothe, words that would begin the healing of bereaved parents. She had seen, when she entered the kitchen, the chasm of sorrow that divided man and wife already, each deep in their own wretched suffering, neither knowing what to say to the other. She knew that to begin to talk about what had happened was a key to acknowledging their loss, and that such acceptance would in turn be a means to enduring the days and months ahead.” — 2 people liked it

“She had always told herself that she did hti job because she wanted to help others; afterall, hadn't Maurice told her once that the most important question any individual could ask was, "How might I serve?" If her response to that question had been pure, surely she would have coninued with the calling to be a nurse.... But that role hadn't been quite enough for her. She would have missed the excitement, the thrill when she embarked on the work of collecting clues to support a case.” — 1 person liked it

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