I don’t want to look ahead but it’s now 1932. Maisie is tapped by Scotland Yard to profile the killer after he mentions her by name in one of his threatening letters. If your taste in crime fiction runs to blood, guts, and gore, you’re unlikely to enjoy reading Jacqueline Winspear‘s Maisie Dobbs series. She's filled with optimism thinking that everyone can improve with help, but she's also realistic and understands that not everyone will improve.

I really appreciate how the author reflects on war and its consequences. If she is to stay involved with the evolving world crisis for the time frame, Maisie will need more than simple detective work to remain in the thick of things.

“Another winner....Todd again excels at vivid atmosphere and the effects of war in this specific time and place. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. April 1932.

Charles Todd, author of the resoundingly acclaimed Ian Rutledge crime novels (“One of the best historical series being written today” —Washington Post Book World) debuts an exceptional new protagonist, World War I nurse Bess Crawford, in A Duty to the Dead. The little girl billeted at Maisie’s home in Kent does not, or cannot, speak, and the authorities do not know who the child belongs to or who might have put her on the “Operation Pied Piper” evacuee train. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. Dr. Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as a boy, some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War.
Tapped by Scotland Yard’s elite Special Branch to be a special adviser on the case, Maisie is soon involved in a race against time to find a man who proves he has the knowledge and will to inflict destruction on thousands of innocent people. Although a few characters strain credulity, that can be forgiven because they serve the greater purpose of the plots.

Rich with Jacqueline Winspear's trademark period detail, this installment of the bestselling series, An Incomplete Revenge, is gripping, atmospheric, and utterly enthralling. Start by marking “Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Maisie Dobbs—one of the most complex and admirable characters in contemporary fiction (Richmond Times Dispatch)—faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II. But to solve the mystery of Nick's death, Maisie will have to keep her head as the forces behind the artist's fall come out of the shadows to silence her. I admire Maisie’s—and my grandmother’s—self-sufficiency and independence, focus, perseverance, awareness of others’ problems and desire to help. I listened to the audio, and the narration is excellent.
Following higher education at the University of London’s Institute of Education, Jacqueline worked in academic publishing, in higher education and in marketing communications in the UK. The following day, the prime minister's office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met—and the writer mentions Maisie by name. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. I adore the character of Maisie Dobbs--her clarity, fortitude, compassion, and independence--and I also really appreciate the other characters who people Winspear's books. I admire Maisie’s—and my grandmother’s—self-sufficiency and independence, focus, perseverance, awareness of others’ problems and desire to help. As Winspear's writerly skill and control grow, we see Maisie too settle in to a new degree of control over her personal and professional life, recognizing -- as we and her pal Priscilla have known all along -- that she has not yet fully rejoined the living after the war, and deciding to make that change.