I‘ve purchased this stack of Jacqueline Winspear books at 2 different used books stores over the past 2 days for my daughter. She is excited and I‘m thankful for media mail. 📦
I‘ve purchased this stack of Jacqueline Winspear books at 2 different used books stores over the past 2 days for my daughter. She is excited and I‘m thankful for media mail. 📦
Reread this for book club. Winspear writes about the effects of war on the protagonist, Maisie Dobbs, with an eye to the tragic. She can write a lovely sentence laced with deep sentiment. The mystery was interesting. There was a bit too much going on but overall, it was quite good.
Maisie confronts political change in #14 in this series.
It‘s 1940.Britain & France are at war with Germany.Maisie is hired to investigate the disappearance of a young man who is working on a secret contract.During the investigative process,Maisie discovers links to the underworld,a beloved friend‘s son goes missing,& allied forces are stranded on the French Coast of Dunkirk.Each of these events affect Maisie‘s life. #serieslove2024
Started this tonight;happy to be in Maisie‘s world after so much excitement in my world!
Glued to TV-two nail biting Women‘s basketball games: Iowa with Caitlin Clark,beat LSU, 94-87 to make the Final Four, followed by UConn with Paige Bueckers,beat USC 80-73.Iowa & UConn play each other next.It will be beyond a miracle if UConn wins! #bleedblue #UConn This household is so excited.Both UConn‘s Women & Men‘s bb teams the Final Four! #serieslove2024
#HyggeHour #litsolace #naturalitsy
Like @TheBookHippie my Hygge hour was earlier this evening due to Emmy Awards.
Pictured: my reading area, my book, Poe visiting while I read, my morning coffee with a treat of a blueberry scone & creme fraiche.
Sunset tonight was gorgeous! Such a gift. #gratitude #naturalitsy #imbolic Spring is around the corner…
1938.Maisie has returned to Britain after a lengthy absence.Secret Service has propositioned her with a dangerous mission: to disguise herself as the daughter of a British prisoner in Dachau, & secure his release.To do this Maisie ends up immersing herself in the evil Nazi world.While involved in this treacherous quest,Maisie asks herself:should I remain in service to my country,or return to my own beloved work as a psychologist & investigator?
Another stellar performance from Winspear. As I've said before and I'll say it again because it bears repeating, this series just improves with age. This was a bit different (although all of Maisie's adventures are unique) in that it involved both a current case and an unexpected 10-year cold case. The present-day case centers around fraud conspiracy while the cold case entails murder, lies and coverups. While both cases were absorbing,