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
A spellbinding story about WWII in Ireland and everyone who featured in it. Jean Grainger is a very fine historian who weaves the facts of the Irish Free State, North Ireland and it's alliances into very intriguing stories. As a descendant of Irish Free State folks, most who came to the US prior to the Anglo Irish Treaty, I still am enthralled. After all, my great grand aunts uncles and cousins lived in Cork City, Mitchelstown Cork and surrounding Tipperary and Limerick, many in 1921.
This particular story, spanning a generation, pulled South and Northern Irish as well as British, into European wars with Germany. The twins James and Juliet, in their contrasting relationship with the mother who abandoned them, had incredibly different paths through this conflict. Their father, who had fought in the earlier war in France, tried to stay neutral, as did others. He and the Cork community were their touchstones and eventually pulled them back home.
I could not put this one down, as is often the case with Jean Graingers novels. Remarkably complex, it is a must read!
Owen Archer has his work cut out for him as he is now a sort of spymaster/consultant to the Black Prince(Edward)as well as Captain of the City Bailiffs, an all encompassing title. The author describes it as a murder mystery in her notes, but it seems almost to be a political historical tale with some deaths involved.
Lucie and Owen's children are recovering from a longish illness as the story opens which is why the hours is full of healers and helpers. I felt the characters had more depth than the last episode, much more vibrant. There were a lot of subplots and much intrigue- babies being born, people falling off roofs, and watchers of ladies at the midden!
The Nevilles descending on the city for Alexander's installation as Archbishop thrown in even more political upheaval, violence and mayhem. Enjoyable if a bit confusing.
This mystery twisted and turned until the very end , which was Christmas Eve! Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie were on the Metro
(rapid transit in US) returning from his daughters choir concert in Newcastle Northumberland.
The train stops before the destination at Mardle dues to excessive snow. Passengers were being collected by a transit bus, but Jessie notices a nearby passenger was not moving. She runs back to "wake" the lady and then screams! This gripping tale both begins and ends with Jessie.
The murder victim,"Margaret Krukowski has been fatally stabbed. Why would anyone want to harm this reserved, elegant lady?" (Publisher blurb) The rest of the story revolves around Margaret's life on Harbor Street which had many twists and turns. Mardle a fictional town held many deep secrets and Ann Cleeves wove an impressive tale, as always!
I so very much enjoyed this book and purchased the next one at 3AM. Thanks to Prime reading for bringing this one to my attention and to Jean Grainger a skillful storyteller. 5 Stars!
It's not my usual read but books from WWII are increasingly popular and meaningful to me, as a war baby. Many Irish sayings such as "the wreck of the Hesperus" were familiar to me. Until I started this book I knew nothing about the Kindertransport or what it was about but am awed by it and other humanitarian efforts during this time period.
I especially enjoyed the storyline that was superimposed on this tale and am looking forward to the next two volumes of this tale. The characters and their relationships seemed improbable at first, but then came to life. It was what I needed to read and not a more journalistic sort of book.
#TheLanternMen #NetGalley. Thanks to both NetGalley, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and, the ever so talented Elly Griffiths, for this absolutely terrific Ruth Galloway #12. I read it right through and so hated for it to end!
Good news is that the ending seems to be taking Ruth back to Norfolk- and Nelson? She was not really content in Cambridge even with the more lucrative position. Could Frank be going with her? I'm not sure but maybe not.This was definitely not the place she wanted to live so I'll see who turns up in Book #13.
The Lantern Men, of course, was impeccably researched and suitably thrilling. The mystery itself was multilayered and tailored to this cast of characters, who are partly law enforcement, and partly forensic anthropologists. It was breathtaking until almost the very end!
Recommended highly for lovers of the best of mysteries
