The Mapping of Love and Death / A Lesson in Secrets

by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs Bundle #3: The Mapping of Love and Death and A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Historical Mystery

597 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 18, 2014

About the author

Jacqueline Winspear was born and raised in the county of Kent, England. 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.

She emigrated to the United States in 1990, and while working in business and as a personal / professional coach, Jacqueline embarked upon a life-long dream to be a writer.

A regular contributor to journals covering international education, Jacqueline has published articles in women's magazines and has also recorded her essays for KQED radio in San Francisco. She currently divides her time between Ojai and the San Francisco Bay Area and is a regular visitor to the United Kingdom and Europe.

Jacqueline is the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Lesson in Secrets, The Mapping of Love and Death, Among the Mad, and An Incomplete Revenge, and other nationally bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex,
and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, Maisie Dobbs, which was also nominated for the Edgar Award for best novel and was a New York Times
Notable Book.

Series:
* Maisie Dobbs

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Reviews

[LaVerne Cording · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great read!

Maisie Dobbs is a fascinating character and each story adds to my interest & desire to read more about her & the other supporting characters.
I am reading the entire series, start to finish & I am hoping more books in this series will be written.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maisie Dobbs continues to draw me in -- especially as she becomes more accepting of her abilities and her limitations (altho they seem fairly few and far between). In this book Maisie is asked to look into the death of an American volunteer in the Great War. He died during the war but his body and those of his comrades have just recently been discovered in the early 30s when this book is set. As with the other books in this series Maisie's personal life is always tentative but perhaps that is looking up too. Her relationship with her mentor Maurice forms a large part of this story as well. Each book in this series leaves you ready to read the next volume.

[Reading Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maisie Dobbs is a keeper

Maisie continues in her pursuit to help her clients by solving their cases. She in her quiet intelligent way helps those around her. She is a joy to know. If you like a mystery, she is a fine solver of crime. Read them in order, you can skip around, but it's more fun to read them sequentially.

[Arline Trew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two More Winning Books

I think this series keeps getting better and better. The characters are compelling and the plots very interesting. I like how it all keeps coming back to the Great War. I have PTSD but, despite the war and crime content, the books aren’t particularly brutal. I look forward to the next ones.

[Anya Räsänen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought-provoking

We have the hindsight of history and many books have been written taking place during the inter-war years, but this one does an excellent job of touching on the grassroots' level of the unrest even if most of the story itself is fictional. Quite an extraordinary writer is Ms Winspear.

[Erika Keller Rogoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read

Macey Dobbs follows a great course in her work. The wonder about her books is that she finds very interesting new avenues to present with the ongoing constancy of her wonderful protagonist, Maisie Dobbs.

[Marg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Both books were up to the Maisie Dobbs standard!

[Linda Arbogast · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Mapping of Love and Death

Cartography in WWI was not known to me prior to reading this story. I enjoyed the added twist of an American.

[Bonnie Tharp · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, a winner

This pair of Maisie Dobbs mysteries are just as surprising and compelling as the ones before. You won't be disappointed.

[Lisa Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this entire series!

[Jacob Frantz · Rating 5 out of 5]

We read all her books outloud and enjoyed them all fun books to read outloud.

[Libby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Frustrated that I cannot add the book, A Lesson In Secrets, to good reads by itself. Very annoying. Anyway another good Maude book. This one about pacifists in the years before WWII.

[Heather Peske · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the plot. As ever, a quick read with compelling characters. Good brain candy.

[Hether Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

lovely masie

So many more of her books in line, but sad to have finished another. One less in line…. Always a lovely journey with Masie Dobbs

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for a long drive

[S Herman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this whole series! I am reading them in order, so that all the returning characters’ stories make sense as they develop through the books.
Lesson in Secrets I found especially interesting, given the political climate in our country currently.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two more books by Jacqueline Winspear and nothing is stale. Maisie Dobbs continues to be a compelling lead and each story feels fresh. Not only fresh but because they take place between WWI and WWII, they provide information about a time period that I did not know a lot about. One of my favorite minor plots involves her assistant Billy Beale and his family.

[Judith Kerr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great Maisie Dobbs book! Winspear always manages to teach me something I`ve been curious about. This time--cartography. Late findings of wartime trauma sets the stage for a good mystery.

[Kathy Boozan]

loved it.

[Linda]

Love love this series. Writing is excellent. Great characters and very interesting story lines. I always learn much about various subjects - cartography in this one. They are easy to read.