Jacqueline Winspear Books in Order

Jacqueline Winspear is a New York Times bestselling author best known for the Maisie Dobbs series, an award-winning historical mystery series set in the years surrounding the First and Second World Wars.

This page lists all Jacqueline Winspear books in order, including the series and standalone novels, organized primarily by publication order.

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Maisie Dobbs Series (Books in Order)

The Maisie Dobbs series follows psychologist, nurse and former servant turned private investigator Maisie Dobbs, as she solves cases in post-World War I and interwar Britain.

Publication Order

  1. Maisie Dobbs, 2003
  2. Birds of a Feather, 2004
  3. Pardonable Lies, 2005
  4. Messenger of Truth, 2006
  5. An Incomplete Revenge, 2008
  6. Among the Mad, 2009
  7. The Mapping of Love and Death, 2010
  8. A Lesson in Secrets, 2011
  9. Elegy for Eddie, 2012
  10. Leaving Everything Most Loved, 2013
  11. A Dangerous Place, 2015
  12. Journey to Munich, 2016
  13. In This Grave Hour, 2017
  14. To Die But Once, 2014
  15. The American Agent, 2019
  16. The Consequences of Fear, 2021
  17. A Sunlit Weapon, 2022
  18. The Comfort of Ghosts, 2024

Other Maisie Dobbs Books

Standalone Novels

Short Story Anthologies

Non-Fiction Books

Jacqueline Winspear Biography

Jacqueline Winspear author of Maisey Dobbs series

Jacqueline Winspear is a British-born author best known for the Maisie Dobbs historical mystery series. Her work also includes a standalone novel, short stories, and a memoir.
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Jacqueline Winspear was born in 1955 in a small village in Kent, England, and studied at the University of London Institute of Education. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in several fields, including travel, publishing, higher education, and sales and marketing communications.

In 1990, she moved to the United States, where she began working as a professional and personal coach. During this time she started writing the novel that introduced Maisie Dobbs. She partly based the Maisie Dobbs series on her grandfather’s experience in the First World War, who was badly injured at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and his pain influenced the backdrop of her first novel.

The Maisie Dobbs series became an internationally bestselling and award-winning historical mystery series, and The Comfort of Ghosts, published in 2024, ended the series with 18 novels.

Jaqueline Winspear has also written articles in women’s magazines on international education.

A full-time author, she is currently living in California’s San Francisco Bay Area.

Jacqueline Winspear Awards and Honors

Awards

  • Maisie Dobbs – Agatha Award, Best First Novel (2004)
  • Maisie Dobbs – Macavity Award, Best First Novel (2004)
  • Birds of a Feather – Agatha Award, Best Novel (2005)
  • Pardonable Lies – Macavity Award, Best Historical Novel (2006)
  • The Mapping of Love and Death – Lefty Award, Best Historical Mystery Novel (2011)
  • The Comfort of Ghosts – G. P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award (2025)

Nominations and Shortlists

  • Maisie Dobbs – Anthony Award, Best First Novel (2004)
  • Maisie Dobbs – Barry Award, Best First Novel (2004)
  • Maisie Dobbs – Dilys Award, Best Book (2004)
  • Maisie Dobbs – Edgar Award, Best Novel (2004)
  • Birds of a Feather – Dilys Award, Best Book (2005)
  • Birds of a Feather – Lefty Award, Best Historical Mystery Novel (2005)
  • Pardonable Lies – Agatha Award, Best Novel (2006)
  • Pardonable Lies – Lefty Award, Best Historical Mystery Novel (2006)
  • Messenger of Truth – Agatha Award, Best Novel (2007)
  • Messenger of Truth – Macavity Award, Best Historical Novel (2007)
  • Among the Mad – Macavity Award, Best Historical Novel (2010)
  • A Lesson in Secrets – Agatha Award, Best Historical Novel (2012)
  • A Lesson in Secrets – Lefty Award, Best Historical Mystery Novel (2012)
  • A Lesson in Secrets – Macavity Award, Best Historical Novel (2012)
  • Elegy for Eddie – Agatha Award, Best Historical Novel (2013)
  • Elegy for Eddie – Lefty Award, Best Historical Mystery Novel (2013)
  • Elegy for Eddie – Macavity Award, Best Historical Novel (2013)
  • Leaving Everything Most Loved – Lefty Award, Best Historical Mystery Novel (2014)

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7 Comments

  1. Unfortunately I have been reading this series in the wrong order, not having realised how many of them there are, though I wish there were many many more!
    I love the character of Maisie Dobbs, she is so caring and resourceful- I’m now ordering as many as I can at my local library!
    Please keep writing them Jacqueline, as you have such a large fan base out there, all waiting for the next novel.
    Thank you

  3. This is a wonderful series. I have enjoyed Maisie as a character; she is admirable, complex, caring, brave, intelligent, vulnerable, and strong. She is not perfect just like all of us. I would love to have her as my friend. Thank you for creating such a marvelous character and for letting me join her through a period of history that I only knew about from high school history. I have learned so much about the role that women played during war times and it has made me so proud of them. You, Miss Winspear, have done so much research that you made those periods of history come alive for your readers. Thank you.

  4. What a terrific series. I wish I had read Masie Dobbs in order!

  5. Love these books. I have all of them up to American Agent.
    When is the next one due, soon I hope.

  7. I think I read one book out of sequence. In which book does Maisie marry?

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