The American Agent audiobook

I have been reading this series from book one; this is book fifteen. In this episode Maisie is helping the American Agent that helped her escape from Munich in 1938. They are attempting to solve the London murder of an American reporter. The Germans are bombing England and Maisie and friends are in the middle of the blitz. The book is well written and the plot twists and turns as only Winspear can do it. It is great to get back together with all the regular characters and Maisie. This is one of my favorite series. I think I preferred the earlier books dealing with World War One and its aftermath. That is what enticed me to read the series. Winspear did a great job revealing the changes in society and particularly women that occurred immediately after WWI, as well as the problems of the veterans. Many of the issues apply to WWII also. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. The book is eleven hours and two minutes. Orlagh Cassidy does an excellent job narratoring the book. Cassidy is an award-winning audiobook narrator and actress. She is one of my favorite narrators.

This is the second to last Maisie Dobbs book available as of now. I felt pressured to read it quickly so I would have time to finish the next/last book in time. That one won’t be renewable. It is fairly new and there is a queue for every edition. I had borrowed it as I was reading this book.One thing that is hard for me in these books is that the chapters are long. I think I’d read the books faster if the chapters were shorter. Ideally I prefer stopping each reading session at the end of a chapter and when the next chapter is very long I’m less likely to make the commitment to continue reading or picking up the book and reading.The Blitz! I’ve read enough history and historical fiction about the Blitz so that when the Blitz was coming up I knew that many of the locations mentioned in these stories were going to be affected by the bombs. I liked the mystery and this is one I didn’t guess until toward the very end, though the author played fair with her clues.I appreciated the inclusion of information about Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, however revolting that information was. I thought I knew about him but even though he (off page) was a very small part of this story I learned some additional details. In every book in this series, it seems that Maisie’s life changes significantly, but the change(s) in this book are the most profound thus far. This is interesting. I knew that Chelstone Manor in Kent was fictional but I didn’t know about the Sussex County connection: https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/pe...As is usual in her books, there is a worthwhile author’s note at the end and this one was information and one part was highly emotional. Very poignant and meaningful. I cannot stress enough that these books have to be read in exact order from book 1 to whatever the last book will be. I hope that the last book is not the next book, #16, though I’ve been given a heads up that maybe it will be the last. I do love this series. I’ll be sad if it ends but I’m anxious to finish it so when if ends if I’ve read the final book I’ll feel content. I notice that the author perhaps has another book scheduled to be published in 2022 (A Sunlit Weapon) but it looks as though it might not be a Maisie book. I’ve added it to my to read shelf. I enjoy this author and am willing to try any other books she writes, whether another series or standalone books. If it’s #17 in the Maisie Dobbs series I’ll definitely want to read it. I say perhaps because I’m seeing it at Goodreads but nowhere else last I checked.4-1/2 stars

How I loved this book! It may be the first Maisie Dobbs novel I've read but it certainly won't be the last. Such a moving, evocative portrayal of London and Kent under attack from the Blitz in the last weeks of 1940, and a fascinating mystery investigated by a woman I adored. There were tears.... I must seek out more. Review to follow shortly on For Winter Nights.

Maisie Dobbs is just one of my favorite mystery series! Winspear does a fabulous job of incorporating the time and place. This book takes place during the Blitz of London and you really get a feel for what that might have been like.

MAISIE RETURNS AS BLITZ RAINS TERROR ON LONDONThe latest in the beloved Maisie Dobbs’ series wins on all fronts! It features my fave historical mystery character during my fave historical period.BLITZThe victim, Catherine Saxon, is an American reporting from London during the Blitz. She’s as beautiful and feisty and real as Maisie, the forensic psychologist working with Scotland Yard and the American government to uncover her killer. INTRIGUEThe Kennedys figure secretly into this WWII book of intrigue. And Maisie falls in love again, her intended as worthy a partner as she. What more could a reader require? HEART SEIZEDWell let me tell you what the blessed reader gets! Stellar writing, spot-on insights into human nature (a particular Winspear strength), secondary characters as compelling as the leads, cinematic descriptions that seize the heart as Nazi bombs whistle, Brits race to shelters, grievously injured children are dug from rubble. I’ve read all 14 previous books in the series and find this newest touches me as deeply as the self-named first, which gobsmacked me from page one.NOT FORGOTTENMaisie brings a soulful touch to her work. Here, her attention to the victim’s body is described: “She reached under the sheet and took Catherine Saxon’s hand. ‘Thank you,’ she whispered....’Thank you for being brave in all the places where you traveled to tell stories of the people. You will not be forgotten, Catherine. And I will find out who took your life. Bless you, and may you know peace.’”SUBCONSCIOUSI was deeply moved, too, when a quote from Elizabeth Barrett Browning becomes a significant clue: “Loved, when so you’re loved again.” Although from a previous case, it slips from Maudie’s subconscious, revealing truths about Catherine’s killer and portending new love for Maisie herself.SIGH...Oh, how I pine to learn Maisie’s new life with her new love but will have to wait, as all Winspear’s readers will have to do. 2020 cannot come soon enough!WWMD?The author also just released WHAT WOULD MAISIE DO?, a “collection of readers’ favorite passages from the Maisie Dobbs’ series, together with the story behind each passage, sections on locations featured in the books, and pages for journaling.” AVAILABLEBoth books are available from Amazon, your fave independent bookstore and through links on the author’s website: jacquelinewinspear.com.

Brava Ms Winspear. You and Maisie have outdone yourselves. Another good mystery, but the real brilliance of this book and others in this series is Jacqueline Winspear’s superlative ability to pull the reader into the time and place of the story.Through her descriptions of her characters and their lives, we are with them in London in 1940 during the blitz. We share their fears, admire their courage and live the events with them. This is marvelous writing by a gifted author. Thank you.

This story takes place in the 1940s during the London Blitz. Maisie Dobbs and her BFF, Priscilla Partridge served as ambulance drivers helping the wounded from the bombs dropped nightly on London. They meet Catherine Saxon, an American war correspondent on one of their drives. She is later MURDER and Maisie work the case with Robert MacFarlane an agent from America. Maisie is waiting for the approval to adopt Anna The twists and turns the tale takes before there is an answer to what happened to Catherine will hold your attention until the surprise ending. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND SERIES.Disclosure: Many thanks to Edelweiss and Harper/Collins for a review copy. The opinions expressed are my own.

Maisie Dobbs novels are a lot like a slice of apple pie. You know the recipe and the experience is sweet and filling. Then you look forward to another piece. The American Agent is no exception. This fifteenth novel is absolutely consistent with the previous fourteen, and Winspear's attention to historic detail holds the story and characters together in a very satisfying way.Recommended.

I have read all of the Maisie Dobbs books and the most recent have been very successful in delivering the usual investigation methods we have come to expect from Maisie, the challenges in her personal life as she works toward adopting a young girl, but also the somber truths of World War II as German bombing ramps up. Here it is the Fall of 1940 and the Blitz is on.Some Americans star in this plotting, one the daughter of a Senator who has been doing some stellar reporting from London found dead, as well as a certain man Maisie met in Journey to Munich.Reading this was a great way to spend another cold and rainy day.

I loved this book! The Maisie Dobbs series just keeps getting better and better!

3.5 starsThis series has been recommended to me numerous times so I've had it on my TBR for a while.Because this was for a book group, instead of starting w/book #1, I'm starting w/this one. (#15)Maisie is an engaging character. While the writer does a good job of filling in details so a new reader won't be completely lost, you do get the sense that you've missed things.This story has Maisie waiting for her adoption of a child to be granted (a cute kid introduced in a previous book), the London Blitz is ongoing as WWII has started in Europe, a return of  Mark Scott    (who helped her in a previous book), and America hasn't joined the fight yet.Maisie is with the ambulance auxiliary. One of the women she met has been murdered. Her PI business is well established & her old boss asks her to help the Americans look into the matter. (as the victim was American) And perhaps she was a spy?The mystery was good. Several clues and mysterious suspects to find.I liked the little historical details inserted here & there. It gave an insight into life at that time w/out getting bogged down in facts.It did make me curious of the previous books as they began with WWI. I can see why this series is so highly regarded. I will probably go back & start at the beginning to read more of the series.