This week, I will blog about the second book series I recommended for Library “Staff Picks.” This series is Maisie Dobbs, and to date, there are eight books.
Maisie Dobbs was selected as
Publisher’s Weekly best mysteries of the year, and it was selected for an Edgar Award. The Maisie Dobbs series opens in 1929 London after Maisie returned from a tour of professional nursing at the Front during World War I. Educated in the field of psychology and having been apprenticed to the respected Scotland Yard and Secret Service agent Maurice Blanche, the Maisie sets out to establish an office for professional investigative inquiries. The books in the series are not the usual run of the mill formula mysteries. Winespear has created well drawn characters, realistic stories that are described as “poignant” and “compelling,” and she vividly depicts the post World War I era without resorting to sentimentality.
The New York Times says of Maisie Dobbs, “Prepare to be astonished.”