peppercricket
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Batley Townswoman's Guild presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour
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Post by peppercricket on Apr 5, 2016 14:12:23 GMT
Set after WW1 and the 1920s, Maisie Dobbs volunteered as a nurse at the front. Afterwards she is trained in psychology and the science of investigation and eventually sets up her own investigation business with veteran Billy Beale.
For those who like Charles Todd, Carola Dunn (much lighter than MD) & Frances Brody.
1. Maisie Dobbs
2. Birds of a Feather
3. Pardonable Lies
4. Messenger of Truth
5. An Incomplete Revenge
6. Among the Mad
7. The Mapping of Love and Death
8. A Lesson in Secrets
9. Elegy for Eddie
10. Leaving Everything Most Loved
11. A Dangerous Place
12. Journey to Munich
13. In This Grave Hour
14. To Die But Once (2018)
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Post by janetandjohn on Apr 7, 2016 16:13:33 GMT
Two I haven't read, so must do something about that. I love Maisie Dobbs, a self made woman, doing something that was simply unheard of in the 1920s, and her office is in Warren Street, my "own" tube station when I used to work in London.
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Post by kathers on Jul 23, 2017 18:10:38 GMT
There's another one out now: In This Grave Hour.
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Batley Townswoman's Guild presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour
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Post by peppercricket on Jul 24, 2017 8:22:19 GMT
Thanks Kathers, I've added it. Also given up on Maisie Dobbs I'm afraid!
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Post by kathers on Jul 24, 2017 17:11:02 GMT
Thanks Kathers, I've added it. Also given up on Maisie Dobbs I'm afraid! I originally gave up on it after Leaving Everything Most Loved, which is where I think the series should have finished really, but I read the next 2 because they were there each time I visited the library so I thought I might as well give them a try. I liked Journey to Munich enough to request the latest one from the library but they have gone in a direction I'm not so keen on. |
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Agatha Christie Whodunnit
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Post by anzee on Jul 27, 2017 17:36:21 GMT
I've really enjoyed the Maisie Dobbs series, though I haven't caught up with the last few books. Have you tried the Kate Shackleton Mysteries by Frances Brody, Kathers? They're rather similar to Winspear's novels in period and tone, featuring a strong, independent protagonist. Brody is very good at bringing 1920s Yorkshire - Leeds in particular - to life. As for the other mysteries mentioned earlier, I find Carola Dunn too light. Haven't come across Charles Todd before, though.
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Post by kathers on Jul 27, 2017 19:15:28 GMT
I've really enjoyed the Maisie Dobbs series, though I haven't caught up with the last few books. Have you tried the Kate Shackleton Mysteries by Frances Brody, Kathers? They're rather similar to Winspear's novels in period and tone, featuring a strong, independent protagonist. Brody is very good at bringing 1920s Yorkshire - Leeds in particular - to life. As for the other mysteries mentioned earlier, I find Carola Dunn too light. Haven't come across Charles Todd before, though. I've read Frances Brody as well, it started off really well but I gave upon the most recent one, Death at the Seaside. I prefer the Bess Crawford series of Charles Todd to the Ian Rutledge one, which I gave up on. I've sort of given on the Bess Crawford series at the moment as well, because the last one I read, A Pattern of Lies really wasn't up to the standard of the rest, but again it started off well and I really enjoyed the earlier ones in the series. Suzanne Arruda's Jade del Cameron series is in a similar vein but another one that I went off mid-series. |
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Agatha Christie Whodunnit
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Post by anzee on Jul 28, 2017 13:37:39 GMT
I haven't read Death at the Seaside. Will look out for Charles Todd. Sequels always seem to obey the law of diminishing returns. Eventually there comes a point when the author should admit that he or she has run out of fresh ideas.
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