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This series just gets better and better as it develops.
Maisie is called on to investigate the accident (possible murder) of a famed artist who fell to his death as he was mounting his exhibit in a gallery. As she delves into his troubled and tormented background, she finds a man who was tortured and changed forever by his experiences in WW1. Was his death somehow connected to his artistic depictions of the bloody conflict during that war?
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Another great read.

Can‘t wait for time with Maisie.

In Maisie‘s latest case, a young & controversial artist falls from a scaffold just before his latest exhibit opens. His twin sister believes his death wasn‘t an accident and hires Maisie. Just like the rest of the series, the case delves into the horrible events that the characters experienced during the Great War. This one was a bit more predictable, but still good. There‘s also a side plot about her assistant Billy‘s daughter getting sick.

Enjoyable. Covid + hysterectomy.

Another melancholy mystery from Winspear. Unfortunately, it lacks her usual subtlety. Still, it is very evocative of an England walking a tightrope between the World Wars and struggling with an economic depression.

I read the Maisie Dobbs series because I find the historical details fascinating and I‘m always down for stories featuring female sleuths. I do like that Maisie is not always perfect - she has her moments of falling apart, of snapping at people, and of not doing enough. Sometimes I roll my eyes at some of the “Maisie figures things out by instinct” moments, but overall, I do enjoy the series. The audiobooks have been great so far!

Loved this. I started the Maisie Dobbs series last fall, this is #4 and they keep getting better! Happy hoopla has so many of them. Also, this counts as “female detective” for #booked2019!

This was my female detective choice for #Booked2019 My all time favorite female book character is Amelia Peabody, but Maisie Dobbs is fast becoming a close second. I LOVE this character. I'm so happy there are so many books in the series. Always something to read....🤓❤️
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Happy Saturday #littens I have had to read a ton for school this week so I am excited to have a day to read whatever I want. I want to work on the reading challenges I signed up for!! 😬🤓 #reading #allday #saturday

I haven‘t kept up with checking in in general or on #24b419 the last couple of days, but I will tally up my total time later tonight. But I did #audioshopping for food this morning and then spent a few hours prepping meals in bags to cook later. I started this book this morning and was surprised to see how much has gone by while working!

I also got 4 books from the Maisie Dobbs series!!! I have been wanting to read this series for a long time and have gotten recommendations for it from tons and tons of people! Looking forward to these too! 📚

I enjoyed this #audiobook, which deals with the art that is produced in war times and also the efforts made to protect art from looters during war and unrest. The Maisie Dobbs series of mysteries is a great way to learn about how life was for people in England during WWI and beyond.

I had a hard time relating to Maisie at first — she seemed cold and distant. Then came book 3, where she became vulnerable and relatable. Now I‘m invested in her story. In this book, she investigates the death of an artist. It‘s, of course, related to the Great War. This is a solid entry in the Maisie Dobbs series.

Another #MaisieDobbs winner! (#TrickyCat is draped over my leg, passed out) #CatsofLitsy

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“Grief is not an event, my dear, but a passage, a pilgrimage along a path that allows us to reflect upon the past from points of remembrance held in the soul. At times the way is filled with stones underfoot and we feel pained by our memories, yet on other days the shadows reflect our longing and those happinesses shared.”
-Dame Constance-

Okay... Pulling my thoughts together. This had more of an emotional impact for me then the other Maisie books. Also very apropos for Memorial Day.

Maisie is asked to investigate the death of an artist who served and painted about WWI trench warfare. The novel moved along nicely and the reveal of the artists final work was so well written by Winspear that I could see the painting and feel the emotion of it as I read.

#13inThree at hour 7!

1. About 50 pages left of this Maisie Dobbs book 👍🏻.
2. Just read...
3. Brats and pasta salad

Thanks to all our veterans out there!

#manicmonday

1. Continuing the Masie Dobbs series...
2. My mom. She read to me when I was young and encouraged me to read as a kid.
3. I‘d read all day if I could (work kinda gets in the way), so for me it‘s in the evening and before bed.
4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
#manicmonday

I looked for chores to do so I could finish this book 🤣🤣🤣 On to book 5! #litsyatoz

On to book four of the Maisie Dobbs series. Love my audio books - I don't mind folding laundry or changing sheets when I have a good book to listen to. 🙂 📚 #litsyatoz

Another great adventure with psychologist & private detective Maisie Dobbs. I love how Maisie is growing into her own self & how she is becoming stronger as an independent woman in such changing times. Not only is the case she works on compelling but I loved how Maisie ended up learning about herself in the people she was serving. Just an overall great read & I can‘t wait to continue on with this wonderful series.

Not my favorite in the series but still an above average read!!😊

This is the fourth book in the Maisie Dobbs series and is my favorite so far. The main mystery centered around the death of an artist before the exhibition of his perhaps controversial work. I enjoy seeing Maisie's character evolve through the series and like reading about this time period between the two World Wars.

I'm ambivalent about this book. I managed to predict the motive for the murder and the connection of the story of the soldier, but by the end, I couldn't really see it connect with the culprit.

I feel like the author was trying too hard to make all the red herrings plausible, and I didn't get enough set up of the actual perpetrator. I think I'll give this author another shot because I love the time period the book is set in. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 #overdrive

I loved the very feel of this book and the weave of what at first look seemed to be an accident and not much of anything to investigate. Maisie was on top form investigating this fascinating story and sequence of events, however I felt a little let down (unusually for this series) by the ending. I also would have liked to see Maisie move on more with her life after the last book but can feel it coming. Beware there is a sad element to the story.

"If I am to establish a motive for murder, then I must inhabit the victim, as far as that might be possible. It is my way.” Maisie Dobbs

Time to return to the 1930's and catch-up with the rather unique private investigator Maisie Dobbs.