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A Lesson in Secrets
by Jacqueline Winspear
Though Maisie's success in love and work and her new personal wealth are well-deserved, I fear that she may become less interesting as a main character. Her appeal as a heroine was in her struggle to overcome poverty and war to become an independent working woman between the wars in 20th century London. Our talented heroine's hard work has reaped huge rewards. Still, her elevated station in life means there's a loss of tension in the plots and subplots. There is also increased alignment between Maisie's work, intelligence-gathering for the government, which decreases the level of suspense of the plot, since the stories lie close to well-known settings. I didn't like Maisie's new-found reliance on lying as a way to get information from people. And I fear for the future of her friend Priscilla's three boys. This book is like meeting a close friend who has moved away and reached a high level of career success--one wonders if the friendship will last now that her life is so different.