Leaving Everything Most Loved

Maisie Dobbs, Book 10

By: Jacqueline Winspear

Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

In Leaving Everything Most Loved by New York Times best-selling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs investigates the murder of Indian immigrants in London.

The year is 1933. Maisie Dobbs is contacted by an Indian gentleman who has come to England in the hopes of finding out who killed his sister two months ago. Scotland Yard failed to make any arrest in the case, and there is reason to believe they failed to conduct a thorough investigation. The case becomes even more challenging when another Indian woman is murdered just hours before a scheduled interview. Meanwhile, unfinished business from a previous case becomes a distraction, as does a new development in Maisie's personal life.

Bringing a crucial chapter in the life and times of Maisie Dobbs to a close, Leaving Everything Most Loved marks a pivotal moment in this outstanding mystery series.

©2013 Jacqueline Winspear (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

transition time

In this book Maisie is deciding to broaden her horizons and see some of the world. She works a mystery, of course, which involves people from India, which, coincidentally, is where she is deciding to travel to.

What does it all mean? We don't know, it's something we'll find out as the series moves forward.

Great series

Insight into class and racial struggles in post World War One England. With ideas of how war affects survivors

Coming home to a welcome old friend

I realized last week that I was three book behind in this series ... having just finished “Leaving Everything Most Loved” I feel I had a wonderful time visiting Maudie Dobb’s life ... it is a marvelous series that never lets the reader down ... good plot/story & good storytelling ... its a wonderful book ... on to the next one!

India and more

This author always introduces me to so much I've never thought about. This time to how Indians were treated as well as women in England. I'm captivated by the intrigue and the stories woven in this well written book.

Great story with depth of emotion

Thoroughly enjoyed the mystery of the story and all the details of each character, deep exploration of relations with different cultures and close friends

Out of the ball park again

Leaving Everything Most Loved

Winspeare said that this was book was going to change the entire playing field and the woman did not lie. She changed almost everything we were familiar with over the course of the book.

I have loved every one of these stories even when I got a little annoyed with the character of Maisie for clinging to tightly to her past and not moving on as fast as I thought she ought to. I am no longer annoyed. Plus she managed to change everything while leaving all the bare bones of the series firmly in place. This book just came out and I am already wishing for the next one.

And as for the mystery, I didn't figure it who-done-it until the very end. I absolutely love twisty mysteries and this one had a grand twist at the end. The book reminds us that regardless of how much we want to see Masie and James wrapped in each others arms Winspeare is a mystery writer and any romance that floats by is strictly secondary and is meant to advance the plot only.

I grew up watching Perry Mason mystery in the early days of TV and my brother and I competed every week to see which one of us could figure out the Grand Denouement first. I'll admit I had an advantage over him for a while because whoever casted the shows had a weakness for weak chins and all I had to do was look to see which character had one and I had the killer. But eventually he figured this out for himself and I had to fall back on thinking which is not usually my brain's default position.

And I say this in every review that I write for the Maisie books. Winspeare is probably better than any other writer of mysteries set in this era. She does such a good job of setting the atmosphere of time and place that the reader is left as fly on wall as they experience the story in whatever format they have chosen.

And, as a personal note to whoever reads this comment. I know I am sounding a little gushy but if you have read any of my journal entries in the past you know that I pretty much call them as I see them. It has gotten me quite a few negative votes on amazon and a few on audible. But happily I am not running for election to anything and I paid for my book and am not obligated to write a positive review for anyone so I will continue always to call them as I see them.

More from a Consistently Great Writer.

Another winner for Jacqueline Winspear. She is one of the best mystery writers around. I always enjoy the plots which are unpredictable,great character development and enough details to keep it interesting. Having been to London gives me added pleasure as I recognize many of the locations and descriptions. Everyone I know reads and loves Maisie Dobbs.
Orlagh Cassidy is the perfect narrator and her accent is polished and genuine. I guess I will have to wait a year for the next installment in the life of Maisie Dobbs.

Never Disappoints

Lovely case & summary of Maisie Dobbs ' life thus far sprinkled with just enough for us to anticipate this next segment of her adventures.

Great Series!

I’m literally going through this series like popcorn. Each story builds on the last, and they’re addictive. I like the characters.

The story line

The weaving of the plot and the insights to human emotions to young children and adults