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Shared Secrets for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble #Review #HomeFrontNurses

  It is now 1943 and we follow the lives of the Home Front Nurses as they cope with the effects of the Second World War. Shared Secrets for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble is published on February 13th by Boldwood Books .     ‘Come on, Kathy… tell me a secret.’ 1943: Becoming a Home Front nurse, meant Kathy Scott was finally able to escape the violence of her childhood. At long last, her life has taken a turn for the better. Particularly because, for the very first time, she’s made some wonderful friends–fellow nurses Sylvia, Freda and Veronica. Kathy’s known for not being short of a word or two. So nobody’s more surprised than her when she finds herself tongue-tied around Freda’s handsome brother, James – who’s home from war with an unexplained injury.   My Thoughts   The story of the Home Front Nurses continues into 1943 and Freda's ambition to nurse abroad gets ever closer. Her brother ,James, returns from the war having had a traumatic experi...
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The Couple at the Table by Sophie Hannah #Review

 

I am thrilled to be taking part in the blog tour to support Sophie Hannah's psychological thriller, The Couple at the Table. It was published on 27th January in hardback by Hodder & Stoughton.


SIX COUPLES. ONE LUXURY RESORT. AND THE PERFECT MURDER . . .

You're on your honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort.

You receive a note warning you to 'Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours'. At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or further away than any of the others. It's as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless – but why would anyone do that?

You have no idea.

You also don't know that you're about to be murdered, or that once you're dead, all the evidence will suggest that no one there that night could possibly have committed the crime.

So who might be trying to warn you? And who might be about to commit the perfect impossible murder?

My Thoughts

This is an intricately plotted thriller which keeps you guessing up to the end. The action is centred on the exclusive couples-only resort and in many ways is reminiscent of classic crime stories with a cast of people all put together in an isolated location. The clues are all there and slowly the jigsaw falls into place with everyone gathered together for the denouement.

    You certainly have to concentrate to keep up with the different characters and their identities. Lucy, at times, speaks with her own voice and I was never too sure how dependable she was as a character - or anyone else for that matter! If you enjoy a whodunnit, this will appeal. There are plenty of secrets to uncover to keep you hooked.

In short: A locked-room mystery with panache  

About the Author

 


SOPHIE HANNAH is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013.

Sophie is the author of the bestselling Poirot continuation mysteries.  The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award.

Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her family.

You can follow Sophie here: Twitter  |  Website   |  Facebook

Book link: Amazon UK 

Thanks to Sophie Hannah, Jenny Platt of Hodder & Stoughton for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

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