A German mother’s terrible choice: to flee the approaching Soviets with her son who is ill or leave him to get the medical help he needs to live? Emma is a German woman living in Poland at the end of WW2. She abandons her home to save her children but Jacob falls ill on the […]
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Archive for July 2022
The Retreat, by Sarah Pearse
An allegedly cursed island becomes the setting for unexplained deaths. One death could have been accidental but a second the following day seems unlikely to be coinicidental. DS Elin Warner tentatively returns to work but is she ready for this case…? The Retreat is the second book to feature Elin Warner but the first […]
Liar Liar, by L. G. Davis
Tess and her husband Oliver are hiding a huge secret. But Tess is also convinced that he is having an affair and their life together is threatened from multiple angles… Liar Liar is a psychological thriller set in America. The majority of the book is written in the present day but there are chapters from […]
The Child of Ukraine, by Tetyana Denford
1941: Julia and her sister are sent away by their parents, towards Nazi Germany and away from the Soviet troops. Julia survives the journey and the war, moving to Australia with her husband and child. But the immigrants do not find peace in their new home… The Child of Ukraine is an historical novel based […]
Five Down, by Tom Sibson
Local crime reporter Paul Dodson is shocked to find himself getting emails from a killer. Together with the police, he tries to solve the riddles to catch the killer… Five Down is a police and crime thriller set in York. It is a debut novel but confidently written. The plot is full of cryptic clues […]