SECRETS OF THE WATCH HOUSE BY JENNY ASHCROFT
Books like this make me glad I’m parsimonious with my five star reviews, because Secrets of the Watch House is totally stunning.
Read moreBooks like this make me glad I’m parsimonious with my five star reviews, because Secrets of the Watch House is totally stunning.
Read moreGripped me from the first moments, with a breathless assassination attempt in wartime Amsterdam which both sets the scene and from which everything else flows.
Read moreA thoroughly recommended engrossing read, especially for those who love something a little other-worldly sprinkled through their fiction.
Read moreI love a strong heroine, and Rebecca Westbrook is exactly that. Compulsive, maybe foolhardy even, but with a courage that was unusual for its time and I really enjoyed her story.
Read moreA genuinely emotional, properly grown up summer read, and one not to be missed. Put it in your suitcase now.
Read moreI 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.
Read moreDefinitely 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.
Read moreThis book has a huge heart, wonderful characters you care about instantly, and a rich feeling of community.
Read moreSet mainly during, and a little after, the Second World War, this is different to the typical ‘home front’ story because the war forms the backdrop, rather than being centre stage.
Read moreWith Angela Petch’s sumptuous descriptions of the landscape, people and food, it was certainly worth the wait to get to Sicily.
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