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För alla som älskar Agatha Christie och Alexander McCall Smith kommer nu Jacqueline Winspears böcker om Maisie Dobbs. Handlingen utspelar sig på 1930-talet i London och Maisie Dobbs är en ung, modig privatspanare som med sin intelligens och klokhet löser fall som polisen går bet på. Unga, modiga Maisie Dobbs har nyligen startat sin egna privatdetektivbyrå i London. Året är 1929 och Maisie är på många sätt en ovanlig person. Hon är kvinna och privatspanare och hon började sin bana med att arbeta som tjänsteflicka i ett aristokratiskt hem i London. Tack vare sin husmors försorg, som såg att flickan hade läshuvud, fick hon studera i Cambridge och tog sedan tjänst som sjuksköterska under första världskriget. Där träffade hon en läkare som blev hennes stora kärlek men han försvann under kriget. Detta gör att Maisie, trots sin ungdom, besitter en visdom, erfarenhet och styrka som kommer väl till pass i hennes första fall. En krigsveteran dör plötsligt efter att ha skrivit över alla sina tillgångar på ett hem för krigsskadade unga män. Maisie kontaktas av mannens svåger som misstänker att hans hustru är otrogen och vill att Maisie ska skugga kvinnan. Det visar sig att hon i själva verket varje dag reser med bussen till den plats där hennes bror ligger begraven. Jacqueline Winspear är född och uppvuxen i England men lever idag i Kalifornien med sin man. Hittills har tre böcker om Maisie Dobbs utkommit och alla har legat på de amerikanska bästsäljarlistorna.… (mer)
vancouverdeb: Both books/ series feature a strong female sleuth.Both sleuths served in some capacity in WW11 Britain. Wonderful cozy mysteries with a twist.
i found the eastern mysticism a bit abrasive in this book and I didn't like the use of imitating body posture to guess what a person is feeling , but I enjoyed it enough to try another ( )
I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't stay very interested. Maisie, in the end, was just too perfect to be likeable, and there were no real villians at all. Even the Major turned out to be just a man driven mad by the damands of the war, and his henchman similarly twisted and confused. Her love interest had been conveniently disposed of with a heroic death, all the characters were saved at the last minute, etc. Even Disney cartoon characters are more interesting. But there were several bright moments that rescued this book. I was moved by Maisie's experiences and observations as a field nurse during the war. Until he was revealed as a sad lunatic who only needed Maisie's understanding to be stopped in his tracks, I found the mystery of the Major and The Retreat intriguing. Those bright moments held me to the story, kept me slogging through the dull parts. At the very least, this story kept my mind otherwise occupied while getting my chores done over the weekend. That's worth something. ( )
I would really like to give this book 3.5 stars. It kept my interest and the writing was enjoyable, but a bit slow. I think one Maisie Dobbs book will be enough for me. I'm glad I gave this series a try. ( )
When I first started reading this, I thought it reminded me a little bit of the Number One Ladies' Detective Agency series, how it is the story of a young woman who decides to start her own little investigation business. And then I noticed that a reviewer is quoted on the back of the book, making that exact comparison. But really, that's pretty much where the similarity ends. This book is set between the World Wars, and Maisie Dobbs is a veteran of WWI. She is described as having a particular gift, for creating an environment where people will confide in her and almost help themselves to the conclusion of whatever woe led them to seek her services. Part of this is her natural personality, and part of it is the training she received from her mentor. The first part of the book describes the "mystery of the week," and is almost inconsequential, except that is leads Maisie to a much bigger and more sinister issue, and opens the door for the reader to understand Maisie's personal story. The second part of the narrative is that story. The last part of the book concludes the mystery and sets up the future of the series. It felt very much like the first episode of a police procedural television series, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The writing is good and the characters are likable. I'll definitely go back and read more of Maisie's exploits. I have no doubt that WWII will become a character as the series continues (no spoilers here, just speculation), since it is hinted at in the last few paragraphs. I'm happy to have a new mystery series to pick away at. ( )
A strong protagonist and a lively sense of time and place carry readers along, and the details lead to further thought and understanding about the futility and horror of war, as well as a desire to hear more of Maisie. This is the beginning of a series, and a propitious one at that.
For a clever and resourceful young woman who has just set herself up in business as a private investigator, Maisie seems a bit too sober and much too sad.
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Now, he will spend a few sick years in institutes, And do what things the rules consider wise, And take whatever pity may dole. Tonight he noticed how the women's eyes Passed from him to the strong men that were whole. How cold and late it is! Why don't they come And put him to bed? Why don't they come?
Final verse "Disabled" by Wilfred Owen. It was drafted at Craiglockhart, a hospital for shell-shocked officers, in October 1917. Owen was killed on November 4, 1918, just one week before the armistice.
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This book is dedicated to the memory of my paternal grandfather and my maternal grandmother.
JOHN "JACK" WINSPEAR sustained serious leg wounds during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. Following convalescence, he returned to his work as a costermonger in southeast London.
CLARA FRANCES CLARK, nee Atterbury, was a munitions worker at the Woolwich Arsenal during the First World War. She was partially blinded in an explosion that killed several girls working in the same section alongside her. Clara later married and became the mother of ten children.
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Even if she hadn't been the last person to walk through the turnstile at Warren Street tube station, Jack Barker would have noticed the tall, slender woman in the navy blue, thigh-length jacket with a matching pleated skirt short enough to reveal a well-turned ankle.
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In seeking to fill your mind, I omitted to instruct you in the opposite exercise. This small book is for your daily writings, when the day is newborn and before you embark upon the richness of study and intellectual encounter. My instruction, Maisie, is to simply write a page each day. There is no set subject, save that which the waking mind has held close in sleep.
"Lord Compton has received word from the War Office that our horses are to be inspected for service this week.... I *cannot* let them go. I don't want to be unpatriotic, but they are my hunters." ... "Lady Compton. Our sympathies. The country needs one hundred and sixty-five thousand horses, but we need them to be fit, strong and able to be of service on the battlefield."
... the veil that was lifted in the early hours, of the all-seeing eye that was open before the day was awake. The hours before dawn were the sacred time, before the intellect rose from slumber. At this time one's inner voice could be heard. (p. 25)
... consider the nature of a mask. We all have our masks ... (p. 223)
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This Work is the first volume of Jacqueline Winspears' "Maisie Dobbs" Series (2003). Please distinguish it from Winspear's "Mysterious Profile" of the title character, which shares the Maisie Dobbs title but was written exclusively for the Mysterious Bookshop (#25 in a Series) and published in limited, numbered or lettered editions.
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För alla som älskar Agatha Christie och Alexander McCall Smith kommer nu Jacqueline Winspears böcker om Maisie Dobbs. Handlingen utspelar sig på 1930-talet i London och Maisie Dobbs är en ung, modig privatspanare som med sin intelligens och klokhet löser fall som polisen går bet på. Unga, modiga Maisie Dobbs har nyligen startat sin egna privatdetektivbyrå i London. Året är 1929 och Maisie är på många sätt en ovanlig person. Hon är kvinna och privatspanare och hon började sin bana med att arbeta som tjänsteflicka i ett aristokratiskt hem i London. Tack vare sin husmors försorg, som såg att flickan hade läshuvud, fick hon studera i Cambridge och tog sedan tjänst som sjuksköterska under första världskriget. Där träffade hon en läkare som blev hennes stora kärlek men han försvann under kriget. Detta gör att Maisie, trots sin ungdom, besitter en visdom, erfarenhet och styrka som kommer väl till pass i hennes första fall. En krigsveteran dör plötsligt efter att ha skrivit över alla sina tillgångar på ett hem för krigsskadade unga män. Maisie kontaktas av mannens svåger som misstänker att hans hustru är otrogen och vill att Maisie ska skugga kvinnan. Det visar sig att hon i själva verket varje dag reser med bussen till den plats där hennes bror ligger begraven. Jacqueline Winspear är född och uppvuxen i England men lever idag i Kalifornien med sin man. Hittills har tre böcker om Maisie Dobbs utkommit och alla har legat på de amerikanska bästsäljarlistorna.
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