In Frances Liardet's novel, a woman with no plans to have children suddenly finds herself adopting a motherless girl during the blitz in World War II. We Must Be Brave is a lovely story of connection and heartbreak, about ordinary people changed by extraordinary circumstances and the enduring power of love.
In The Winter Crown, Elizabeth Chadwick re-creates the court of Henry II and the life of his strong and determined queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Sidelined from power and from the affections of her husband when Henry takes a mistress, Eleanor is forced into actions with ongoing repercussions. This the second novel in Chadwick's compelling trilogy of power, intrigue, triumph and tragedy.
The Grassmere Grudge is Rebecca Tope's eighth Lake District mystery featuring florist and amateur sleuth, Simmy Brown. In this outing, Simmy's forthcoming wedding plans are interrupted when a friend of fiancé Chris is found dead. But it seems plenty of people bore the victim a grudge, and why is Chris being so evasive? A light, cosy mystery for readers who like a little bit of scenery with their murder.
Inspector Faro is newly retired in The Dower House Mystery by Alanna Knight. But once a policeman always a policeman it seems when his wife Imogen is distraught to discover that her cousin has disappeared. It is fortunate that Faro has time to spare to investigate. Set in York in 1907, this atmospheric mystery is the nineteenth in the series.Barbara Erskine brings together two time periods in Sleeper's Castle, a novel set on the Welsh borders. We meet modern day Miranda, who has escaped to Hay-on-Wye to lick her wounds after the death of her partner, and Caitrin, caught up in a hopeless war against the English. Slowly the two stories come together as the past reaches out to the present. A wonderfully evocative and imaginative novel.
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