A Lesson in Secrets: Complete

from jamespurcell

Maisie goes undercover at a college devoted to the precepts of Peace according to the Teachings of St Francis. She thoroughly enjoys the teaching and the students but is soon immersed in the violent undercurrents of Fascism that are rampant in the world prior to WW2. The college's founder is murd...

from mountie9

The Good Stuff * Lovely slow but interesting mystery story which sort of reminded me of Agatha Christie * Delightful inquisitive heroine with tons of perseverance and dry wit * Very British which I adore -must be why I married a man with British parents --even when they swear they sound so polite...

from michigantrumpet

Can it be? Already up to the eighth installment in the Maisie Dobbs series! I'm not one for series generally, but being intrigued by Europe in the period between the two World Wars, am immediately drawn in. No sooner has Maisie arrived to teach at a small college in Cambridge (having been recruit...

from Chatterbox

I confess: I find it very hard to love Jacqueline Winspear's sleuth, Maisie Dobbs. She's just too perfect. She's compassionate, particularly toward those who deserve it (who are always grateful.) She's wise, and sees into the minds of those around her. (In this book, she knows just how to help he...

from Chatterbox

I confess: I find it very hard to love Jacqueline Winspear's sleuth, Maisie Dobbs. She's just too perfect. She's compassionate, particularly toward those who deserve it (who are always grateful.) She's wise, and sees into the minds of those around her. (In this book, she knows just how to help he...