The Hidden
Mary Chamberlain
(ONE WORLD)
Barbara Hummel is a
young German woman
determined to
understand her past
and clear up the
mystery surrounding
a photo she found in
her dead mother’s
belongings. In the
process, she overturns
the lives of retirees Dora
Simon and Joe O’Cleary,
who are both hiding a
secret from their dark
time during WWII when
they were trapped on
Jersey under German
occupation. This
provocative saga is a
devastating game of
truth, lies, love and the
reality of the hurt that
war creates, even after
the fighting stops.
Misadventure &
Miserable Ends
Catie Gilchrist
(HARPERCOLLINS)Riveted by true crime
and macabre history?
This bewitching
collection of tales of
murder and mishap
investigates colonial
Sydney during the 23-
year tenure of Henry
Shiell, the city coroner
from 1866. This
meticulously researched
collection covers the
investigations and
inquests over that
period, which includes
one particularly
gruesome crime
committed by bigamist
butcher William Henry
Scott. This is CSI
colonial-Sydney style.The Forgotten
Letters of Esther
Durrant
Kayte Nunn
(HACHETTE)This captivating novel
set in Cornwall is split
between 1951 and 2018.
The drama kicks off
with young mother
Esther Durrant being
hoodwinked by her
controlling husband.
Poor Esther thinks she’s
being taken for a local
holiday to Penzance
but in reality, is being
committed to a mental
asylum. Fast-forward to
2018, and Rachel Parker
is a marine scientist.
While doing research on
an island off the rugged
Cornish coast, Rachel
discovers a collection of
concealed love letters.The Hiddenn Murder,
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