maisie dobbs birds of a feather two novels jacqueline winspear

There are no signs of foul play, and no one is asking for ransom. Her wealthy father wants her found, again.

So this story begins, as so many mysteries do, with a case. And her visits to Simon also become part of her case. His body is still alive, but the man he was is locked inside his head, never to return.

Maisie herself is still trying to move on from the loss of her lover during the late War – not directly to death, but to brain-damaging injuries. The case itself revolves around actions during the war, and her assistant’s difficulties are the result of his war injuries. While searching for Charlotte Waite, Maisie will also be searching for something in her own life that she has been avoiding – until it confronts her with a crash.Īs with the earlier book, Maisie is still very much in the post-WW1 era, and both this case and the surrounding events in Maisie’s life reflect this. Her mentor, Maurice Blanche, never believed in coincidences, and neither does Maisie. This story, like the stories in Maisie Dobbs, is about Maisie discovering more about herself through solving the case that has come to her. As her client list grows, she needs to be able to appear as well-to-do as some of her clients, while never forgetting where she came from, a costermonger’s daughter who had some very lucky educational breaks. It has been a successful year for Maisie, and she has been able to afford a better office and upgrade her wardrobe. After returning to Maisie’s roots, now I’m eager for Journey to Munich at the end of the month.īirds of a Feather follows about a year after the contemporaneous events in Maisie Dobbs. It was good to spend time with her again, as part of this year’s Month of Maisie Readalong. This feels like the Maisie we first met in Maisie Dobbs and who set off on a grand adventure in Leaving Everything Most Loved. As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers lie in the unforgettable agony of the Great War.Īfter feeling somewhat equivocal about the latest book in this series, A Dangerous Place, it was a real treat to go back to the “original” Maisie in this second book in the series, Birds of a Feather. When three of the heiress's old friends are found dead, Maisie must race to find out who would want to kill these seemingly respectable young women before it's too late. It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs #2) by Jacqueline Winspearįormats available: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook

Maisie dobbs birds of a feather two novels jacqueline winspear