WW2
Freud’s Sister
In 1938, Sigmund Freud is granted an exit visa from Vienna with certain individuals of his choice. His four elderly…
The Shadow of Treason
This is a brisk little thriller set in the last months of WW2, during the V2 (rocket) attack on London…
Icelight
This book is a cracking political thriller. Set in 1946 blitzed London, Icelight has fast action, resilient characters and sparkling…
Christmas at Eagle Pond
In 1940, Donnie Hall is twelve years old. His mother has undergone surgery and needs peace and quiet at home…
Shadows in the Sky
Verity and Clemency are sisters, daughters of a senior naval officer, who are respectively 17 and 18 at the outbreak…
Psalm 44
The biblical Psalm 44 asks why God has abandoned his people, who kept the covenant. This Holocaust novel explores the…
Face of the Enemy
Editors' choice
War is about to be declared against Germany and Japan. Americans are traumatized by Japan’s military attack on Pearl Harbor.…
Piece of Cake
Derek Robinson has been writing wartime ‘ripping yarns’ (his own words) for over 40 years now, and Piece of Cake…
With Every Letter (Wings of the Nightingale Book 1)
In this novel, an anonymous exchange of letters unfolds a cross-cultural story of broken people and the transformational power of…
The War That Came Early: Coup d’Etat
In this fourth installment of Harry Turtledove’s latest series, set during World War II, he asks the same questions that…
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