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    Journey to Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
    Journey to Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
    Journey to Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
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    Journey to Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel

    Written by Jacqueline Winspear

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

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    Working with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission, Maisie Dobbs is sent to Hitler’s Germany in this thrilling tale of danger and intrigue—the twelfth novel in Jacqueline Winspear’s New York Times bestselling “series that seems to get better with each entry” (Wall Street Journal).

    It’s early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square—a place of many memories—she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man’s wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie—who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter—to retrieve the man from Dachau, on the outskirts of Munich.

    The British government is not alone in its interest in Maisie’s travel plans. Her nemesis—the man she holds responsible for her husband’s death—has learned of her journey, and is also desperate for her help.

    Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, Maisie encounters unexpected dangers—and finds herself questioning whether it’s time to return to the work she loved. But the Secret Service may have other ideas. . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 29, 2016
    ISBN9780062220646
    Author

    Jacqueline Winspear

    Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Consequences of Fear, The American Agent, and To Die but Once, as well as thirteen other bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels and The Care and Management of Lies, a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. Jacqueline has also published two nonfiction books, What Would Maisie Do? and a memoir, This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing. Originally from the United Kingdom, she divides her time between California and the Pacific Northwest.

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    • 4/5
      I must admit that I had lost faith in Maisie. The last few books gave me a heroine that was at a far remove from the smart, direct woman I had met in the first book I had read. In this book Maisie leaves Spain where she had gone to deal with the traumas she had suffered in A Dangerous Place. I don’t want to offer too much in the way of plot for those who have not read the previous book. This book can stand alone as the author does weave in the pertinent information to inform the reader of past events in such a way that you are educated without feeling like you are being force fed a long list of details.Maisie returns to England to face the ghosts of her past. She is not anxious to go back to her childhood home, nor does she want to spend time with her in laws. She opts to temporarily move in with her old friend Priscilla and that is just what she needs. Although her peaceful stay does not last long as she is approached to handle a sensitive mission to Germany for her country. As much as she doesn’t want to do it she knows she will and in a way knows it’s what she needs to get her out of her funk.As Maisie pursues her assignment she soon learns that all is not as it seems and she was not told everything she really needed to know. Thrown into the mix is the request of her husband’s former employer who wants her to find his daughter who has disappeared somewhere in Germany. All of this takes place just as Hitler moves into Austria and the Reich strengthens it’s hold on the people of the region. Maisie finds herself caught in a dangerous place once again.I enjoyed this book. It was a return to the Maisie I first fell in love with. She has changed due to the major events she has experienced but she is back to being a smart, decisive woman. She is back in control of her life and moving forward. Unfortunately the times to come are not good as well all know from history. While the book ends with Chamberlain’s appeasement, Hitler did not pay any attention to what England or the rest of the world. Soon England will be at war and I’m sure Maisie will be elbow deep in fighting the Nazis to the best of her abilities. I’m glad she has found herself. I’ll look forward to the next book now despite my not wanting to read WWII books. This is a character I’ll follow into that second Great War.I had a hard time putting this book down. It was full of twists, turns and spies from assorted countries all trying to deal with a very great evil.
    • 5/5
      My first Maisie Dobbs mystery and read out of order. Working for the Secret Service Maisie goes to Germany to reclaim a British citizen who has been a prisoner in Dachau. There is much going on in this novel, mystery, fear, the looming of war. People are not what they seem nor to they do what they do for the reasons others think. I plan to read more by this author!
    • 5/5
      What was going on in Germany is the USA now
    • 3/5
      It’s 1938 and Maisie Dobbs is back in England, still mourning the deaths of her husband and unborn child. She’s been avoiding her father, step-mother and in-laws as she makes her way into her new life. One of her old contacts in Britain’s intelligence community asks her to take on a seeming simple assignment. It seems that the Nazis are holding a British citizen named Leon Donat in Dachau, and the Brits want him back in England to help with the coming war effort. For some odd reason, the Nazi regime will only release Donat to a member of his family, not through the usual diplomatic channels. Donat’s only relative is his daughter Edwina, who is suffering from tuberculosis and unable to make the trip. So Maisie, who has a superficial resemblance to Edwina, will take her place in Munich – unknown to the Nazis, of course.Before she leaves, wealthy and influential John Otterburn asks Maisie to call on him. At their meeting, he asks Maisie to find his daughter Elaine, who will also be in Munich, to convince her to come home. There’s no love lost between Maisie and the Otterburns. Maisie holds them, especially Elaine, responsible for the death of her husband. Maisie agrees to try to find Elaine, even though her heart is not in it. Of course, what was thought to be a straightforward assignment gets complicated, and Maisie must use her wits to get Donat out of the country. Once Maisie gets done with her assignment, she knows that she will have to face the future and figure out how to make her way in the world. What she’s certain of is that she will not take on any foreign assignments. Of course, readers know she has made such promises before – and it’s hard for her to resist lure of dangerous and important work. The last two books in this series have been my least favorites. Before her marriage, Maisie had put together a great team at her detective agency and took on interesting cases that were fun to read about. I hope the author gets back to that winning formula and brings back the great characters. I also thought Journey to Munich was a bit of a ramble, and confess I started skimming pages about half way through. I count on Maisie Dobbs to provide a real page-turner and, for me anyway, Journey to Munich was anything but.
    • 4/5
      This latest adventure of Maisie Dobbs is set primarily in Munich in 1938, describing the horrors already imposed by Hitler and the Nazis leading up to World War II. Maisie impersonates the daughter of a man valued by England for his possible contributions to wartime science who had been sent to Dachau by the Germans. Still grieving the death of her husband, Maisie has spent time in India and Spain prior to this story, but a melancholia seems to pervade her mood, even as she responds with her usual quick thinking and wits to the dangers she encounters in her attempt to bring this gentleman home to England for the Secret Service. The personalities involved are complex and interesting, and add to the reader's suspense and commitment to hurrying to the ending to find out how the situation is resolved.
    • 5/5
      First Jacqueline Winspear book I have read, won't be the last I can assure you. The characters are so alive in your mind you are walking amongst them. Good book.
    • 4/5
      Held my interest more than the last few Masie Dobbs offerings.
    • 4/5
      When Maisie Dobbs finally returns to England she is persuaded by Robbie MacFarlane to impersonate Leon Donat's daughter and arrange for his release from Dachau prison camp. The mission doesn't go according to the "simple" plans that were in place but Maisie with her ingenuity prevails. It's nice to see Maisie back to herself after the troubles that she has endured in past books.
    • 4/5
      Maisie Dobbs has returned to England from Spain and is staying with her friend, Priscilla, when she is approached by Robbie MacFarlane on behalf of the Secret Service. Leon Donat is a British engineer and businessman who has run afoul of the Nazis in Munich and has been imprisoned at Dachau. The British have arranged for his release, Maisie's assignment is pretend to be his daughter and go to Munich and bring him home. Before long Maisie realizes that not everything is as it seems and that things in Germany are deteriorating as the Nazis prepare for the Anschluss.
    • 4/5
      The British Secret Service are sending Maisie Dobbs to Munich to rescue an important businessman. Her cover is that she is his daughter. Unfortunately with it being 1938 Germany nothing is ever straightforward or safe.
      Another enjoyable well-written thriller in this series.
    • 4/5
      I’d been looking forward to this one and I did enjoy it but I wasn’t expecting to have to suspend disbelief as much as I did. Many times! I really liked it anyway but I struggled to believe a lot of the details of what happened. I appreciated all the suspense though. I do like Maisie and the series books and I appreciated how this one built on previous happenings. All the books do that but I found it particularly satisfying in this book. I’ve read many WWII/Holocaust books and this was the first book in the series where the setting was familiar to me. I’m glad that part of this book, unlike the last book but all the other series books, did take place in England. I love the English settings. They’re among the things I like most about this series. It seems we’re never going to totally leave WWI though and except for brief mentions I wish we would. I love the blurring of class lines. We’d seen it with Maisie and Sandra, and Billy to some extent. Here I especially appreciated Brenda and all the relationships she has including the one with Maisie. I love everything about the ending and its various resolutions, particularly as with regards to Maisie & Sandra & Billy and about the new tradition of the regular Sunday lunches with everyone involved. I appreciate the author’s notes at the end about the inspiration for this particular Munich story and about her writing in general. I simultaneously read a Kindle e-book edition and an Overdrive audio edition, both borrowed from my public library. This has become my favorite way to read in the last year+.
    • 2/5
      Only the tiniest bits of 1938 Munich color and history making for a disappointing read. Mostly uninteresting characters, none fleshed out, and Maisie herself, sorry to say, I couldn't give one whit about and her petty upper class struggles and enemies and friendships.
    • 5/5
      Enjoyed it. Great characters and plot. It was a page turner and couldn't stop reading. I am planning on reading more of the series
    • 3/5
      A wonderful afternoon listening to Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear. This story takes the recently widowed Maisie Dobbs to Munich in 1938 as Hitler’s regime grabs control of the economically challenged Germany. Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane convince Maisie that she is the only person who can retrieve Lean Donat from Dachau Prison Camp. Jacqueline Winspear presents a well-written story that shows the beauty of German parks, but hints at the maelstrom approaching. Maisie encounters all types of individuals in her assignment. One poignant scene has two young girls playing in a hidden alley because one girl is Catholic, and her dear friend is Jewish, and their parents do not want them playing together. The story encompasses forgiveness and understanding.
    • 4/5
      It's 1938 and Maisie is back in London, trying to see what she's going to do with her life now. She's still somewhat distraut by the death of her husband and child and is trying to see what her future has in store for her when the Foreign Service interrupts her with a mission. An important inventor and businessman has been detained in Dachau Prison and the German government will only release them to a family member, but his only relative, a daughter is seriously ill in hospital. Fortunately Maisie looks a lot like her. At the same time, her husband's ex-partner wants her to search for his daughter, the person Maisie blames for his death, who is also in Munich.She's about to embark on a tour of the beginnings of Nazism and there's a lot of commentary about it. Interesting read, Maisie is becoming almost a James Bond type of character.
    • 4/5
      Really quite solid. Maisie really hated her situation.
    • 4/5
      Maisie's story is getting tired
    • 4/5
      Minor spoilers ahead, but not for the main plot of this book.

      Maisie Dobbs, properly Lady Compton, but she won't use it because it reminds her of what she's lost, is starting, very slowly, to recover from the loss of her husband and her unborn child. She's back in England, spending time with her friend Priscilla, her father Frankie, and her stepmother Brenda. Europe is sliding toward war, though, and British intelligence has a mission for her though, something they believe only can do well enough.

      They need her to go to Munich, posing as the daughter of a British industrialist and "boffin" who has been imprisoned there for two years. The Germans have finally agreed to release him--but only into the custody of a family member. He has no surviving family except his daughter, and she's too ill to travel. Maisie, though, speaks French fluently and German passably, and is close enough to the daughter in appearance that she be made to pass for her, especially since Miss Donat wasn't a socially active woman when she was well.

      So against her better judgment, after a few weeks of training in spycraft and learning to be Miss Donat, Maisie is off to Germany.

      She encounters all the malicious bureaucracy of early Nazi Germany, but patience, persistence, and going with her experience and training finally leads to the moment when she is inside Dachau, seeing for the first time the man the Germans have imprisoned for two years as her "father," Mr. Donat.

      That's when her mission goes off the rails, and becomes a mire of mystery, confusion, and intrigue.

      And accomplishing her mission may force her to ally with the woman she holds responsible for her husband's death.

      I think Winspear had hit a point in the Maisie Dobbs novels where, if she didn't break form, Maisie would have nothing to do that wouldn't be repetitive. Anne Perry worked through a similar problem with the Thomas & Charlotte Pitt series; eventually, Thomas's rise through the police ranks reached the point where he had to become head of the department, but doing it wouldn't be plausible for a character of his relatively lowborn origins. So Perry gave him a major change in direction.

      Winspear appears to be doing something very similar here. It's true the book ends with Maisie saying she's never doing another intelligence mission, and getting her old team together in office space not far from their old office--but she seems to have very different plans, even if they haven't been articulated to the reader yet.

      This Maisie is older, more hardened, more confident, and I'm looking forward to seeing where Winspear goes with her in the future.

      Recommended.

      I bought this book.
    • 4/5
      As Maisie was told in a previous book, once you've done the British Secret Service's bidding, you're done for. They will just keep coming back no matter how many times you say no. That person was telling Maisie the truth: she keeps saying no, the Secret Service merely smirks and hands over her railway tickets. At least the time she spent in Spain has helped her overcome the worst of her grief, and she feels ready to re-enter her old life and be with her friends and family once more.Being in Munich in 1938 gives Maisie a very clear picture of what is to come. It goes without saying that the Germans don't release the Englishman in a timely manner, and Maisie has to keep her composure and her cover while the Nazis play cat and mouse. This is a good, solid mystery that puts the reader right in the middle of a world that's on the brink of going completely mad, and I enjoyed it even though there are some rather large holes in a secondary plotline involving a family called the Otterburns.I don't think Winspear is capable of writing a bad book, but I have to admit that, after reading A Dangerous Place, almost all the luster has been knocked off this series for me. This was always a series in which I bought and read each new book as soon as it came out. I was so invested in Maisie! But my feeling of being betrayed is staying with me even though I realize I'm being a bit silly. After reading Journey to Munich (which I did not buy), I am still two books behind, and I feel no urgency whatsoever to catch up. This may very well be the last book I read in this series. And now I feel as though I'm in mourning.
    • 4/5
      Maisie Dobbs is finally back in England and considering what to do next. She is approached by old friends in the intelligence service and asked to take on an undercover mission in Nazi Germany. A man whose fate is very important to the British government has been a prisoner in Dachau for two years. The Germans have agreed to release the man, but only to a family member, and Maisie looks enough like the man's daughter to impersonate her. During the mission, Maisie encounters the person she blames for her husband's untimely death and the consequent loss of her unborn daughter.For the most part, I thought this shift from detection to espionage worked better than Maisie's prior spy missions. However, it made no sense that someone as smart as Maisie would seek out an unstable person who knows her as Maisie while undertaking such a delicate mission under a different identity. She risked, not just the failure of her mission, but her own life as well as the lives of others. The series is transitioning well from post-World War I to pre-World War II, and I look forward to reading the next Maisie adventure. (Or rather, listening to the wonderful Orlagh Cassidy read the next Maisie adventure!)
    • 4/5
      Having returned from Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Maisie heads to Munich on a mission for the British Secret Service to bring home an aging British National who is also an inventor and entrepreneur, believed to be detained in Dauchau. The time is March 1934. Ancillary to this mission, John Otterburn has approached Maisie about finding his daughter, Elaine, who is also in Germany having fled her marriage and young son.There are the usual twists, turns, drama & suspense. But all's well that ends well. Maisie returns to London and it appears that she will open up her old office.I like this series very much. Though must admit that I've only read them as audiobooks.
    • 4/5
      This was a particularly good edition of Maisie's adventures... or it has been long enough since my last read that it is fresh again? (I have an ARC of the next title, may not be able to hold out long)
      There was a thrum of dread, you could feel the current of fear as the Nazi power was evidently rising.
      (I worry about Priscilla's sons.....)
    • 5/5
      Maisie has returned home to rebuild her life. When McFarlene and Huntley approach her about an undercover, dangerous mission, she has no choice, but to agree to the terms in an attempt to save a man's life from Heir Hitler. She is horrified and appalled when she is approached by Mr. Otterburn to track down his daughter, Elaine, who Maisie is partially at fault for the deaths of James and their unborn child.

      It is clear that Munich is a dangerous place, and the sooner Maisie can get out, the better...
    • 5/5
      2016, Harper Collins, Read by Orlagh CassidyPublisher’s Summary: adapted from Audible.comIt's early 1938 when Maisie is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the British Secret Service and sent to Hitler's Germany on an undercover mission. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie – who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter – to retrieve the man from Dachau, on the outskirts of Munich.My Review: Knowing the inimitable relationship Maisie had with her mentor, Dr Maurice Blanche – and knowing the confidence he had in her abilities – it is gratifying to witness her being called to serve in his place. Before Blanche died, he told Maisie she would be called upon, and so she is, in Journey to Munich. Trouble is, it is not only the British Secret Service that is interested in Maisie’s travel plans. Her nemesis, Canadian newspaper magnate John Otterburn – the man she holds responsible for James’ death – is desperate and has asked her for help. Otterburn’s selfish, spoiled, daughter, Elaine – who was to have piloted the fatal test flight James took – has deserted her husband and infant, and he believes her to be in Munich. Winspear nails the thrill of danger and intrigue in Journey to Munich. And Orlagh Cassidy is just the one to narrate the tale. When I started the Maisie Dobbs series, this twelve installment was the last available novel, and I presumed incorrectly it would be the finale. Its ending is highly satisfying – and it surely would have worked very well as a conclusion. That said, I’m thrilled to learn that a thirteenth novel will be available in Canada in spring 2017: In This Grave Hour –’ll be waiting!
    • 3/5
      This is the 12th installment in the Maisie Dobbs series that, after the last disastrous novel, I had almost decided to give up. However, since I've loved this series for so lang, I decided to give it one more chance, and this installment was considerably better.It is 1938 and Maisie, now back from Spain, has decided that she needs to reenter into life instead of perpetually mourning her dead husband, James. She begins looking for a new apartment and also reesatablishing herself as a professional detective, wen she is approached by her old pals from MI-6, Brian Huntley and Robert MacFrland to help retrieve an important member of the British scientific community who is being held by the Nazis in Germany. Additionally, her old nemesis, John Otterburn, learns of her mission and implores her to help track down his wayward daughter and to bring her home.Against her better judgement, Maisie agrees and soon finds herself in the thick of Nazi Germany., Masie is still a prig and far too self-punishing for my taste and alo shows her usual penchant for not following orders which, I would think, would be fatal in a secret agent, but this would seem to be the path that the author has now set out for her - at least until the books come to the end of the war. There also sems to be an interesting American, Mark Scott, who is in the fledgling American intelligent services who will be playing a role in future books. He's smart & a bit of a wise as and seems to have Maisie's number. Let's hope he provides some future leavening to her otherwise buttoned-up life.
    • 4/5
      It's early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square--a place of many memories--she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie--who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter--to retrieve the man from Dachau, on the outskirts of Munich. This is the 12th volume in the Maisie Dobbs series. You can read this book if you haven't read the previous volumes, although it gets a little confusing at times. Winspear is British and the Maisie Dobbs novels take place in Great Britain right after WWI, leading up to WWII. Maisie is extraordinary because she is a woman and a private investigator and psychologist. The reader is privy to Maisie's thought processes throughout the novel and it's fun to see how she solves the crimes. Sometimes, the books are a little slow, due to the British conventions that are followed, but once she begins working on the crime, they are fast paced and suspenseful. This book takes Maisie into the heart of Nazi Germany in 1938 and the reader can literally sense the dread pervading the characters and setting.
    • 5/5
      Typical Maisie Dobbs! Loved it!
    • 4/5
      She writes good books. Like the character, like the events. Always consistent.
    • 4/5
      Some meaningful people. Pretty good puzzle. Closes up perhaps a little too neatly.
    • 4/5
      Fast forward to 1938 and the Maisie Dobbs we first met as a young girl in service pre-WW1 is now a widow haunted by her husband's death. Now,seeking peace, she has returned to England from war-torn Spain, but is requested by the Secret Service to be an emissary to Germany on the brink of nazism. Lots of intrigue, mystery and details about that time. A strong entry in the Maisie Dobbs series. Maisie has come a long way!