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Colleen
Apr 04, 2021 rated it really liked it
This book was just the sort of change of pace I needed at the moment. It's style is wholly different than anything else I've been reading lately. It's got a certain charm to it in the story of Maisie's past and her time with the Comptons and her relationship with her father. In fact, that portion of her life has a very storybook fairy tale sort of vibe in that everything is just a bit too good to be true. Then WWI happens and everyone's life changes.
The book begins with her setting up shop as a
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Mary Bronson
I really enjoyed this book. I thought the characters and the plot were very well written. I love the idea off Maisie as a main character to have her own detective agency in 1929. I know this is the first book in the series, but when I started the book I expected a mystery. It never really happened until towards the end. The middle of the book was more of a background story of Maisie, but I enjoyed it from a historical fiction perceptive and I know it is good to get to know the characters for a m ...more
Maria
May 10, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: library, audio, 2012
Kari
Jul 05, 2012 marked it as to-read
Drew Doll
Jan 01, 2013 marked it as series-starts
Shelves: up-next
Kme_17
Jun 17, 2022 rated it liked it
Cathy Galloway
Mar 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: series-are-us
Mandy
Mar 28, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Marscha
Apr 16, 2013 marked it as to-read-next
Diana S
Aug 30, 2013 rated it really liked it
Marty
Nov 03, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Jirrine
May 20, 2014 marked it as wishlist
Amanda
Jan 01, 2015 marked it as to-read
Chelsi
Jan 05, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: series
Tara
May 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
JackAttack
May 21, 2016 marked it as may-try-again
Shelves: consider-selling
Laura
Jan 16, 2017 marked it as to-read
Sandy
May 01, 2017 marked it as to-read
Sarah
Mar 12, 2018 marked it as interested
Morgan
Apr 22, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own
Veronica
Dec 14, 2018 marked it as to-read
Elle
Feb 23, 2019 marked it as to-read
Amanda
Nov 17, 2022 rated it it was ok
Beth
Dec 09, 2022 rated it liked it
Laura
Apr 16, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kme_17
Apr 20, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Debbie
May 06, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition