Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, Book 2)

Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, Book 2)
by Jacqueline Winspear

Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, Book 2)
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Author: Jacqueline Winspear
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-02
ISBN: 0143035304
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Book Review: Interrupted lives
Summary: 5 Stars

This is the second in the Maisie Dobbs series of period cozy mysteries. The series is set in England, between the wars. Like many of her generation Maisie's life had been seriously disrupted by WWI, although Maisie's life alterations had begun even earlier. Born into a working class family Maisie had risen from a tweeny maid to a college student due to the generosity of her employer, Lady Rowan when the war began. Like many other young women Maisie left her comfortable life behind to work as a nurse. After the war was over Maisie returned home to finish her training and begin her career but like many others she discovered that was more difficult than she had supposed.

As BIRDS OF A FATHER begins it is 1930 and Maisie's business as an 'Investigator and Psychologist' has been doing quite well. She has been able to move into a nicer suite of offices and hire an assistant, Billy Beale, to work with her. Her latest case involves an heiress to a grocery empire who has, once again, disappeared. Although Maisie is puzzled about her client's insistence on the return of his adult daughter Maisie agrees to undertake the case. Once she begins Maisie discovers that there is much more to this case than a headstrong daughter defying her overbearing father. Closer to home Maisie finds that there is trouble in her own extended family as well that she must deal with.

As with most cozy mysteries the ongoing subplots involving the recurring characters are as important as the mystery aspects of the story. Winspear has done an excellent job of summarizing and supplying these back stories so it is not strictly necessary to read the first novel (MAISIE DOBBS) in order to enjoy this one. The details about the time period, particularly about the changing roles of women are woven into the narrative quite well, enhancing rather than distracting from the story.

Summary of Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, Book 2)

Jacqueline Winspear?s marvelous and inspired debut, Maisie Dobbs, won her fans from coast to coast and raised her intuitive, intelligent, and resourceful heroine to the ranks of literature?s favorite sleuths. Birds of a Feather finds Maisie Dobbs on another dangerously intriguing adventure in London ?between the wars.? It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. But what seems a simple case at the outset soon becomes increasingly complicated when three of the heiress?s old friends are found dead. Is there a connection between the woman?s mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would want to kill three seemingly respectable young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers lie in the unforgettable agony of the Great War.

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