Historical hits

CITY OF MASKS BY SD SYKES (HODDER) 1358. ENGLISH NOBLEMAN, OSWALD DE LACY, IS IN VENICE. WHEN HIS HOST’S GRANDSON IS MURDERED, HE TAKES ON THE CASE THAT WILL TAKE HIM INTO THE UNDERBELLY OF THIS DECADENT ISLAND STATE.

KITTY PECK AND THE DAUGHTER OF SORROW BY KATE GRIFFIN

(FABER) 1881. KITTY HAS INHERITED HER GRANDMOTHER’S “EMPIRE” ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES. NOT ONLY IT BUT KITTY’S

LIFE IS UNDER THREAT. CAN HER UNDERWORLD CONTACTS TO PROTECT HER? HUGE FUN.

THE HIDING PLACES BY KATHERINE WEBB (ORION) 1922. A SLEEPY WILTSHIRE VILLAGE IS RUDELY AWAKENED WHEN A MAN IS FOUND MURDERED. HIS WIDOW AND A LOCAL TEENAGE GIRL JOIN FORCES TO ROOT OUT THE KILLER IN THIS ENGROSSING STORY OF BETRAYAL, SECRETS AND LIES.

THE WISH CHILD BY CATHERINE CHIDGEY (CHATTO) 1939. A GIRL AND A BOY ARE BROUGHT UP BY THEIR SEPARATE FAMILIES IN NAZI GERMANY. WHEN THEIR PATHS CROSS IT WILL HAVE A LASTING EFFECT ON BOTH OF THEM. AN INTRIGUING READ.

SHELTER BY SARAH FRANKLIN (ZAFFRE) 1944. CONNIE GOES TO WORK IN THE WOMEN’S TIMBER CORPS IN THE FOREST OF DEAN. THERE SHE MEETS SEPPE, AN ITALIAN POW, AND TOGETHER THEY HELP EACH OTHER FACE A NEW LIFE. I FOUND THIS A FASCINATING AND ASSURED DEBUT.

THE VANISHING OF AUDREY WILDE BY EVE CHASE (MICHAEL JOSEPH)

1959. WHAT HAPPENS AT APPLECOTE MANOR HAS REPERCUSSIONS THAT STRETCH TENTACLES INTO THE PRESENT DAY WHEN JESSIE BRINGS HER CHILDREN TO LIVE THERE. A MYSTERY OF NAIL-BITING SUSPENSE. >>