A Sunlit Weapon
Ratings14
Average rating4.2
The adventures and perils of Maisie Dobbs continue in volume 17.
It is 1942. Maisie is no longer working for the Special Operations Executive. She intends to devote more time to her family and her private practice. But, the all-encompassing war continues to impact with her work as a private investigator.
In this story, Maisie is approached by a young ferry pilot who has stumbled across something very odd. The proper officials don't seem very interested in it and Maisie agrees to take up her case.
At the same time, Maisie's husband is tasked with protecting a very important American while she is in England. Oddly enough, as things develop, it begins to seem that elements Maisie is investigating may have some bearing on his job.
And as if that were not enough, Maisie's adopted daughter is having problems at school. Things there, also, are not as simple as they at first seem, and the problems may have deep roots.
In Maisie's seventeenth outing Jacqueline Winspear gives us a good story involving multiple characters and intertwined mysteries.
Solid 4 stars.
P.S. After writing the above, I read some of the other reviews. I noticed a few negative comments that seem to be applying present day attitudes about male/female dialogs and relationships to the story. It was a different time – 80 years ag0 at the time I write this! I commend Jacqueline Winspear for doing her best to show the world as it was rather than as some think it should have been.
I love the Maisie Dobbs series and his latest installment did not disappoint. I definitely recommend for both new to Maisie readers and those who have read the entire series.