My friend won this book from Goodreads, then passed it on to me. I have never read Jacqueline Winspear and her Maisie Dobbs series, but am always willing to read a mystery.

Although A Lesson in Secrets is book 8 in the Maisie Dobbs series, it was an enjoyable read when read alone. The book is set in England after the first World War and before the second, this was a very interesting time regarding secrets, spies, the enormous loss of life suffered during WW1 and the flu afterwards, the average persons fear of another war, Communism, Fascism, suffragettes and more; this book guided the reader though the sometimes perilous settings.

I enjoyed this book enough to go to the library and borrow book one "Maisie Dobbs" of the series to read next.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mysteries, or is interested in the time period between the two great wars. It is nice to have a book of this time period with a female point of view.