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BookBrowse Reviews Birds of a Feather: Maisie is as intelligent and engaging a sleuth as one might desire. Mystery set in the 1920s

Birds of a Feather
A Maisie Dobbs Mystery
by Jacqueline Winspear
Paperback, Aug 2005,
320 pages.
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From the book jacket: Maisie Dobbs is back and this time she has been hired to find a wealthy grocery magnate's daughter who has fled from home. What seems a simple case at first becomes complicated when Maisie learns of the recent violent deaths of three of the heiress's old friends. Is there a connection between her mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would kill such charming young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers to all her questions lie in the unforgettable agony of The Great War.

Comment: I wanted to recommend Jacqueline Winspear's first book featuring Maisie Dobbs (called simply 'Maisie Dobbs'...
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Jacqueline Winspear was born and raised in England. She emigrated to the United States in 1990, and while working in business and as a personal/professional coach, embarked upon a life-long dream to be a writer.

All three of her books to date, Maisie Dobbs, Birds of a Feather and Pardonable Lies (to be published in August) are set in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s, with...
This review is from the August 3, 2005 issue of BookBrowse Recommends. Click here to go to this issue.
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