Maisie Dobbs Maisie Dobbs, Book 1, (Paperback)

from kambrogi

Getting to know Maisie Dobbs is a real treat. You will find yourself in London, ten years after The Great War, where you'll see the streets, motorcars, homes, clothing and most of all Maisie herself as though looking at old, but very clear, photographs. Maisie is just establishing her first solo ...

from Lman

Maisie Dobbs, as a first book, introduces a remarkably perceptive, extremely intuitive and highly personable young woman in the title role; but, like other series of note, underscores the criminal premise with significant social commentary - accentuating both the era and our main protagonist's un...

from rainpebble

This is the first in a series of eleven. A nice little who-done-it that is just right for a rainy day, a day at the beach or when life is overwhelming which mine is at the time. Maisie is just opening her own investigative firm and has taken on her first case which becomes something more. I love ...

from lisahistory

I had never read any of these, so of course I began with the first. The writing is so good that I was not put off by the fact that the whole middle of the book is flashback to teach us about Maisie's background and character, and what she did during the Great War. The "mystery" then is very short...

from diana.hauser

Maisie Dobbs is written by Jacqueline Winspear. It is Book 1 of the Maisie Dobbs series. This first book was published in 2003. The latest title, which is 17th in the series, was published in March 2022. Friends continuously reminded me to put this book on my ‘to read list'. When I finally read ...