Maisie Dobbs

Maisie Dobbs is a very unique and special fictional character in Jacqueline Winspear’s well-written mystery series.  The latest title in the series is An Incomplete Revenge, which I just finished reading.  What I enjoy about this series, which is set during and after World War I in England, is watching the process Maisie uses to solve mysteries and repair relationships.  Maisie has a very different (and rather psychological or Buddhist) way of approaching investigations.  It’s also fun watching Maisie cope with her own human frailty and blind spots and overcome her “disadvantages.”  And I just like it when a strong woman character develops her potential and makes a go of things in a society that doesn’t offer a whole lot of opportunities and support for that, and does so in a way that empowers others as well.