I knew Hazel Gaynor from her book The Memory of Violets, which I had found really good. I was looking forward to reading her beautiful writing again. And I was not disappointed.This book is set in the early years of the Second World War, when London was bombed repeatedly. People were terrified. Whole neighbourhoods were... Continue Reading →
I slowed down my reading the last weeks, thanks to a nasty lung infection. But I am now back on track. Left the beautiful South African autumn and returned to The Netherlands in the sunshine. I am reading The Midnight Conspiracy by David Leadbeater. Getting really hooked into it. The book is due to be... Continue Reading →
This story, set in London and Amsterdam during the early years of World War 2, is a real immersive and gripping read.In London, during the Blitz, Marnie finds herself involved in helping the Dutch resistance. Besides her job at the BBC, she becomes a secret radio operator who communicates, codes and decodes messages, a war... Continue Reading →
David Burroughs is in jail, five years into his sentence for killing his son. He maintains that he did not do it but no one believes him. One day, in the middle of his bleak jail life, his sister in law Rachel visits him. She shows him a picture she found recently which she is... Continue Reading →
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