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northstar 's review for:
A Lesson in Secrets
by Jacqueline Winspear
It makes me sad to give this book two stars because I love this series and have enjoyed most of the other books. One of the things I admire about Winspear is her ability to weave stories of WWI and interwar Britain into her Maisie Dobbs novels without sacrificing the story. But in this book, the main plots involve the growing spectre of Nazism and the long shadows of a World War I mutiny, and the historical detail just overwhelms the storytelling. The subplot about organized crime did not dovetail smoothly with the rest of the book. Even if you like this series, you can skip this one, as it does not advance the ongoing stories of the characters in any significant way. I could summarize that part for you in a paragraph.