Just when I thought I had read the best of Jean Grainger's books, I discovered "Sisters of the Southern Cross" and read it right through!
"Sister Claire McAuliffe has been called from Dungarvan, County Waterford, to do God’s work in Jumaaroo, Queensland. Along with four other sisters she is charged with setting up a Catholic school... But life there is far from the spectacular paradise it seems."
Sister Claire risks life and limb multiple times to rid this area of a unscrupulous wealthy man who had killed and robbed to get to a prominent place in this place. The story painted an idealistic picture of an area that did practice white supremacy, and how the church, the Catholic sisters, and others attempted change.
"Lizzy Moon never wanted Moon Girl Farm."
It was an enjoyable Amazon First Reads from Prime Reading and I appreciate getting the chance to read it. "The Last of the Moon Girls" was a complex novel of nine generations of women, who essentially did not enter into marital relationships, and were tied to their farm. They each left a "life book" for their descendants, and Lizzy gets guidance from her beloved grandmother which free her.
Lizzy (Elzibeth) Moon is said to be the last of this line, although it is still a bit unclear if that holds true as she expects a daughter at the end of the story.. The difference is that she married, and was able to solve some tangled problems about her family saga. The ending was positive although there was a lot of back and forth throughout the book.
What a great Vera Stanhope book this was! 5 Stars thanks #TheDarkestEvening #NetGalley and St. Martin's press for this one! I also want to say Ann Cleeves new series was great and I'm going to grab the 3 Vera Stanhopes I did not yet get to.
"On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills...Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat."
Vera seems to be mellowing with age, as she was more tolerant of her assistants and definitely felt an affinity with her remaining Stanhope cousin.I read it right through except for when I was sleeping.
The mystery held until the end of the book and almost to Vera's end..She left it a bit too long I think.
It ended nicely with most of the (living) characters in a pretty good emotional place.
Recommended for any mystery fan!
Pleasantly surprised to find this small novella for free on Amazon. Thanks to Ann Cleeves and MacMillan her publisher for this small gift.
I enjoyed hearing what Vera might have done on a day off and that she lives close to Hadrian's Wall, just wish it wasn't so short and that the quick confession had a bit more expression to it.
Again I am happy to have read it! Just finished rereading the whole series and recently reviewed the two newest Vera books! Carry on Ann and Vera! Loved the cover also!
This was an extremely well written book on WWII, a book topic I have been enjoying the last several months. Appreciate getting this Amazon First Read free on Prime and will be reading more of her books.
Max serves on the Western Front as a Medic ( he was trained as a dentist), in the Hurtgen Forest 1944-45 where he befriend three young Germans who were in the Resistance. He saves one of their lives and remains attached to them emotionally his whole life. Metta or Margarethe was his first contact of the trio and they had a brief clandestine love affair which resulted in a child.
Max returns to the US but looks for Margarethe through most of his life. His daughter, Dr. Beth Cohen helps him to find his lost love at the end of his life. It was a great read!
I found this a great read and very moving, I was afraid when I read others reviews that the ending would not be so great, but it was ! "To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything" Well they didn't and I thoroughly enjoyed all of it.
"Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news…" and so Kit, with her mother's urging, flies to Auckland New Zealand to try to find her sister, missing for 15 years. She finds her sister, in a new life and in an extraordinary way she rediscovers herself.
I am going to try another of Barbara O'Neal's novels.
#FindMe #NetGalley Thanks for this exciting read!
Amazingly well done thriller of two people, Daniel and Reni- both have been working largely in the same field for the same purpose. Reni as a FBI Profiler and Daniel as an investigative detective. The same serial killer had motivated both of them.
Reni's father, Ben known as the Inland Empire serial killer, whose arrest when she was eight years old had marred her life was ready to divulge where he had buried the bodies. Daniel who had interviewed him many times had strong suspicions that his mother was one of them.
Ben Fisher had a condition on this disclosure, that his daughter accompany them and a minimum of people would be a part of this happening. A complex series of events ensues which began to unravel layers of suppressed memories and some astonishing revelations.
I was almost afraid to read at night! Absolutely riveting and I will await the sequel
