Book Review: Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear - Page 2

Another thing that I love about the series is the way each case affects Masie.  We're used to reading books about Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple, who finish their cases pretty much how they start - same outlook, same opinions, in pretty much the same place emotionally as they started.  Masie's cases impact her.  They change her. 

In Pardonable Lies, we see Maisie have a breakdown as a result of the case, coupled with her experiences as a nurse in WWI.  In this case, her opinions of herself change.  She begins to wonder about why she is an investigator, and she wonders about her personal priorities.  She sees a side of society that is untouched by the depression, and she sees people whose lives are forever changed by it - and is impacted by both groups.  And at the end of the book, we see Maisie ready for rebirth, and wonder what the next case, and the next book, hold for her.

And for us.  I have to admit it, I'm hooked on this series.  I'll be headed to the library to get the first two books, and I'll be waiting with bated breath for No. 5.

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