A review by annarosereads
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear

3.0

This entry isn't as strong as others in the series. There were an awful lot of threads in this story. I wish some of them would have been trimmed to make room for better development of the central plot. For example, the whole plot with Sandra didn't fit and took away from the central story. I wanted to hear more about women spies and their unseen and unappreciated work during the war. I loved the idea of the children's book at the center of the novel. A lot of the bits with supporting characters (Billy, Priscilla, James) felt like token scenes shoehorned in to the novel. I would rather not see a favorite character for a book than have the dissatisfying scenes that were in this story.