Reviews

Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

vireogirl's review against another edition

4.0

Sad realization that WWII is coming, along with a very sad murder. Lots of tricky concepts explored here, from the ends justify the means, to relationships that don’t follow the standard way, to when is helping too much. In typical Maisie Dobbs slow and thoughtful, meandering way.

cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition

5.0

--Recommended by Sonia and Connie. Book 6 in the outstanding Maisie Dobbs historical mystery series.

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judyward's review against another edition

4.0

Ninth in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. In April 1933, Maisie Dobbs is approached by a group of grieving costermongers--men who sell vegetables and fruits from horse drawn wagons in London--who want to hire her to investigate the death of Eddie Pettit. Eddit, was considered slow mentally, was well loved, and was gifted in dealing with horses. Maisie accepts the job and investigates Eddie's death which takes her back into the neighborhood in which she grew up and allows her to reconnect with a number of people who knew her as a child. At the same time, Maisie is reevaluating her relationship with James Compton and she is also becoming increasingly concerned about the political situation in Europe.

kimpossible's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

dja777's review against another edition

2.0

Meh. Seems mostly like a placeholder designed to show that Maisie is moving on from her recovery from WWI and setting up the series to move into the buildup to WWII.

evie1279's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious

5.0

tbsims's review against another edition

4.0

particularly good because it included the mystery but quite a bit of retrospection by Maisie - one of the special skills that she learned from Maurice.

dadtheroadmasterowner's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.0

emilybordelovewrites's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective

mary_elizabeth's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0