A Lesson in Secrets

By: Jacqueline Winspear

Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy

Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities “not in the interests of His Majesty’s government.” When the college’s pacifist founder is murdered, Maisie finds herself in the midst of sinister web of murder, scandal, and conspiracy, activities that point towards members of the ascendant Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei—the Nazi Party—on Britain’s shores. An instant classic, and sure to captivate long-time Maisie Dobbs fans as well as readers of Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, and Alexander McCall Smith, A Lesson in Secrets is “a powerful and complex novel, one that will linger in memory as a testament to her talent and her humanity” (Richmond Times-Dispatch).

Love this series!

I've enjoyed every book in this series that features a clever young English woman who served as a nurse during WWI. In some of her characters, she reveals the psychological and physical aftermath endured by veterans, while solving intriguing mysteries. Maisie, à la Upstairs/Downstairs, transitioned from a maid to a college-educated psychologist/investigator who is respected enough to work freelance with Scotland Yard. Go Maisie! (Written by Lynn, not Richard.)

Fine but not as good as earlier ones

I agree with some previous reviewers who have said that the story line here is not as compelling as some if Miss Winspear’s earlier novels. I would say that this novel seems to be setting up the story for subsequent novels dealing with the run up to WW2. Cassidy Orlagh as narrator is wonderful as always.

loved it!

I usually just listen to audible on my commutes but found myself turning it on to finish this one while cleaning and sitting outside with morning coffee. Great series.

A lesson in secrets

Great book!! Held my interest from the very first page to the end. So glad is a series. Love the 30's and 40's setting. I'm looking forward to getting all the audio books.

Always excellent.

I have truly enjoyed every one of the Maisy Dobbs books, have read them all so far and look forward to the next one.