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A review by meaganmart
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this installment in the Maisie Dobbs series. I have to say I find each book is better than the last. This is no exception with Winspear firmly cementing Maisie as both a woman of means and as a woman with wants and desires. We have seen a very removed, somewhat cold character of Maisie so far and it is refreshing to see her beginning to thaw.
My only criticism is that Maisie is solving another World War I mystery although it is now 1932. I would like to see her solving a few cases completely unrelated to the war, especially with the specter of World War II looming on the horizon.
This novel finds Maisie contacted by a pair of wealthy Americans who lost a son in France in World War I. His remains have only recently been discovered and with them a number of personal effects that created questions around his last months for his parents. Maisie takes the case and as it becomes clear that the death of Michael Clifton was not the accident his mother wants to believe, she may just be chasing a killer.
My only criticism is that Maisie is solving another World War I mystery although it is now 1932. I would like to see her solving a few cases completely unrelated to the war, especially with the specter of World War II looming on the horizon.
This novel finds Maisie contacted by a pair of wealthy Americans who lost a son in France in World War I. His remains have only recently been discovered and with them a number of personal effects that created questions around his last months for his parents. Maisie takes the case and as it becomes clear that the death of Michael Clifton was not the accident his mother wants to believe, she may just be chasing a killer.