Teaser Tuesday: Birds of a Feather

This is the second book about Maisie Dobbs, in which she is on the case of a disappeared heiress. As with Maisie Dobbs, the case appears fairly straightforward, but turns into something more sinister as we go along. Unfortunately, I'm running into the same problem I did with that book, that Winspear's writing doesn't seem to grab me immediately, but I found this teaser and it intrigues me, so I suspect I'll come around soon.

Teaser Tuesdays are hosted by Should Be Reading. It works as follows:

• Grab your current read.
• Open to a random page.
• Share two teaser sentences from somewhere on that page.
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Include the title and author.

From Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear, p185:

"Of course his story is that he has several items that are not usually employed by archaeologists, but he uses them for the ooh-ahh effect from the audience of fearless travelers that accompany him. According to Fisher, poking around in a pile of old bones in the sand with the tip of a bayonet keeps the intrepid followers happy and gives them something to talk about at the dinner table when they get back to Britain."