A Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs, 8)
Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities “not in the interests of His Majesty’s government.” When the college’s pacifist founder is murdered, Maisie finds herself in the midst of sinister web of murder, scandal, and conspiracy, activities that point towards members of the ascendant Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei—the Nazi Party—on Britain’s shores. An instant classic, and sure to captivate long-time Maisie Dobbs fans as well as readers of Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, and Alexander McCall Smith, A Lesson in Secrets is “a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity” (Richmond Times-Dispatch).
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This was the first book in this series that disappointed me. It required a much longer set-up until I felt as compelled as I usually am to turn the pages. The backdrop of the college environment, where Maisie was directed to pose as an instructor to investigate possible treasonous activities, was not one I found that interesting.
I didn't find the characters who populated this book compelling, either, until more than halfway through, when Maisie finally was able to home in on the more exciting backstory that was directly related to the murder.
I have devoured all previous books in the series and went straight onto the next one, which I found immediately more engaging. I also wonder if I enjoyed it less because it was the first one I read on my Kindle, and I generally enjoy books more when I hold real pages in my hand.
I didn't find the characters who populated this book compelling, either, until more than halfway through, when Maisie finally was able to home in on the more exciting backstory that was directly related to the murder.
I have devoured all previous books in the series and went straight onto the next one, which I found immediately more engaging. I also wonder if I enjoyed it less because it was the first one I read on my Kindle, and I generally enjoy books more when I hold real pages in my hand.
