Tiffany's review
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs Mysteries)
by Jacqueline Winspear
Tiffany's review
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs Mysteries) by Jacqueline Winspear
Tiffany's review
rating:
bookshelves:
historicalfiction,
mystery,
yolathelibrarian
Good book. A mystery, but not a whodunnit-type of mystery. As Maisie Dobbs, "Psychologist and Investigator," begins her solo work as a private investigator, her first case is to find out whether Christopher Davenham's wife is having an affair. During her investigation, she is reminded of her life before and during her service as a nurse in World War I.
Maisie Dobbs is an intelligent, spirited, and warm woman, and creating a name for herself at a time when women are still trying to be recognized as human beings. Maisie uses psychology and perception during her investigations, as taught to her by her mentor Maurice Blanche. She focuses on the subtleties of human behavior when interviewing people, and Maurice's approach is often comprised of spiritual and metaphysical techniques (influenced by Winspear's previous work as a life coach).
At times during the last third of the book, as the action picks up and reaches the climax, it reminded me of a Nancy Drew mystery, with a...more
Maisie Dobbs is an intelligent, spirited, and warm woman, and creating a name for herself at a time when women are still trying to be recognized as human beings. Maisie uses psychology and perception during her investigations, as taught to her by her mentor Maurice Blanche. She focuses on the subtleties of human behavior when interviewing people, and Maurice's approach is often comprised of spiritual and metaphysical techniques (influenced by Winspear's previous work as a life coach).
At times during the last third of the book, as the action picks up and reaches the climax, it reminded me of a Nancy Drew mystery, with a...more
