Maisie

The term Maisie had used was a flash of diplomacy -- to prevent at any rate Mrs. Wix's using another.

What Maisie Knew Henry James 1879

Like Lucas, Maisie is also painting a portrait of three sisters -- but what does she reveal, and conceal?

Searching for The Sisters by Sally Beauman 2010

Maisie is such a person, deeply attuned to her inner voice and able to gain a sense of a person's innermost thoughts and feelings from the way a person walks, words chosen, and so on.

Jacqueline Winspear - An interview with author 2010

In addition, Maisie is driven to ensure that, during an investigation, those she touches in the course of her work are left at peace with her actions, as far as that is possible.

Jacqueline Winspear - An interview with author 2010

Maisie is freer from class prejudice than most of the other characters in Winspear's novel.

An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear: Questions 2008

Maisie is absolutely compelling not only as an investigator but also as a psychologist while she probes the hearts and minds of those she meets.

An Incomplete Revenge: Summary and book reviews of An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear. 2008

Summer 1967: Thirteen-year-old Maisie is at her family's home, a decaying medieval abbey in the heart of rural Suffolk.

The Sisters Mortland: Summary and book reviews of The Sisters Mortland by Sally Beauman. 2006

Given that Maisie is such a cerebral character, highly focused on the inner workings of the mind and heart, what may be the purpose of such external descriptions in the novel?

Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear: Questions 2005

I find that I like how Maisie is growing up and while I may not want her to be my best friend, I am enjoying her more.

Reader reviews of Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear. 2004

She was about fifty-five, in Maisie's estimation, and wore a plain slate gray mid-calf length dress with white cuffs and a white Peter Pan collar.

Excerpt: Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear 2004