OPERATION TULIP BY DEBORAH SWIFT

Gripped me from the first moments, with a breathless assassination attempt in wartime Amsterdam which both sets the scene and from which everything else flows.

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WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT BY DONNA JONES ALWARD

I learnt so much from this excellent novel set in Canada. I had never heard of the devastating explosion in the harbour at Halifax which flattened part of the town and killed thousands. But as the inciting incident for the book, it worked perfectly.

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ALVESDON BY JAMES HOLLAND

Definitely a contender for my book of the year, I absolutely adored this Second World War family saga that reminded me so much of a long term favourite author, R F Delderfield.

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