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Archive for April 2023

The Assistant, by Amanda Reynolds

Influencer Ris hires middle aged Gail to be her executive assistant. But Gail is lying about her reasons for wanting the job… The Assistant is a psychological thriller set in London. The book is written in the present day, reflecting on past events as well as current developments. A series of interviews with Gail combine […]

The Officer’s Wife, by Catherine Law

1939, Vivi and Nathan have a whirlwind romance and marry quickly. But they are soon separated by war and become emotionally distant as well. Nathan returns home injured and they need to rediscover their relationship. Can Vivi live with Nathan’s past…? The Officer’s Wife is an historical novel set in three parts: at the start, […]

My Stepmother’s Secret, by Emma Robinson

TRIGGER WARNING: addiction Gabbie packs her bags and heads off in the car with her two daughters. There is only one place she can go: her childhood home where her stepmother lives. The women have a strained relationship but Gabbie is desperate. As Gabbie reassesses her life, she begins to realise that Jill is not […]

Children’s book review: I Spy, by Rhian Tracey

Robyn is 12 and lives near Bletchley Park. As war breaks out, strange things are happening on the site so she is excited to get the opportunity to work there. She quickly settles into caring for the carrier pigeons but begins to suspect that there are dangerous secrets at Bletchley Park… Having recently read some […]

The Polish Wife, by Gosia Nealon

Anna escapes her brutal husband and hides away in Warsaw. During the Nazi occupation, she works secretly to aid the resistance and meets Mateusz, a doctor. Can they survive the war and make a future together? The Polish Wife is the second book in the series of books about the resisitance in Poland during WW2. […]