The second Maisie Dobbs mystery Jacqueline Winspear’s marvelous debut, Maisie Dobbs, won her fans from around the world and raised her intuitive, intelligent, and resourceful heroine to the ranks of literature’s favorite sleuths. Birds of a Feather, its follow-up, finds psychologist and private investigator Maisie Dobbs on another dangerously intriguing adventure in London “between the wars.” It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. But what seems a simple case at the outset soon becomes increasingly complicated when three of the heiress’s old friends are found dead. Is there a connection between the woman’s mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would want to kill three seemingly respectable young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers lie in the unforgettable agony of the Great War.
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"I like the reader for the first book better. This reader talks so fast I had to check if my mp3 player was on fast mode. I am enjoying this series though. Non gory murder mysteries. Something that is hard to find these days. And I've read all the Agatha Christie I can handle. "
— Emily (4 out of 5 stars)
" Another good mystery. I'm really enjoying these books set in the post-WWI era! "
— Lindsay, 2/15/2014" Maisie Dobbs.... "
— Becky, 2/9/2014" I'm liking Maisie Dobbs. Her character is interesting. I love the psychological elements in the story line. I love the history of life after WWI. "
— Jenni, 2/3/2014" I pushed on to this second one because a friend told me that they get better but . . . yeah, my critique basically remains this same. Seems like an American Girl story for adults and I don't mean that in a good way. "
— Leanna, 2/2/2014" I love the metaphysical aspect of Maisie's approach. Very cool. "
— Ame, 1/20/2014" Loved this second book in the series. Maisie takes on the case of a missing person, while doing her best to "fix" the lives of those with whom she comes in contact. And there's another potential suitor thrown into the mix, so we've got a little bit of romance added to a good mystery. "
— J, 1/14/2014" Book 2 in the Masie Dobbs series - enjoying this character! "
— Anita, 1/4/2014" The second in the Maisie Dobbs series. Another good whodunit set against the England-still-reeling-from-the-Great-War background. Wonderful sense of time and place. "
— Diane, 12/28/2013" Not a big mystery reader, but I find these Maisie Dobbs books truly charming. There are some implausible elements to the plot (I feel like there were a couple of points where the author was taking the easy way out)...but I couldn't put this book down. "
— flora, 12/28/2013" This book is better than the first one. It flows better since all of the background is out of the way and you can catch some glimpses into what happen next for Maisie, but not quite... "
— Robyn, 11/28/2013Jacqueline Winspear is the author of several New York Times bestsellers in her historical fiction series featuring Maisie Dobbs. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards. She was born and raised in the county of Kent in England. Her grandfather had been severely wounded and shell-shocked in World War I, and learning his story sparked her deep interest in the “war to end all wars” and its aftereffects, which would later form the background of her novels. She studied at the University of London’s Institute of Education and later worked in academic publishing, in higher education and in marketing communications in the United Kingdom before emigrating to the United States.
Orlagh Cassidy, an American actress of stage, television, and film, is an audiobook narrator who has twice won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, as well as many AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is a graduate of SUNY at Purchase and a recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship. She has been seen on and off Broadway and in films, including Definitely Maybe and Calling It Quits. Her television credits include roles in Law & Order and Sex and the City and as Doris Wolfe on Guiding Light.