Janet Williamson
The Reichsbank Robbery
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This visually evocative novel, set towards the end of the Second World War, tells of Sturmbannführer (Major) Friedrich Schonewille, an accountant working ...Read Review
The Plum Rains and Other Stories
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It was a pleasure to read this collection of informative and entertaining short stories set at the end of the 17th century. The ...Read Review
Christened with Crosses
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Eduard Odynyets was born prematurely after his father was arrested for spying. Christened by his Catholic mother, Bronya, in 1939, Eduard and his older ...Read Review
Hullo Russia, Goodbye England
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“You’ve got to be demented to want to fly,” Flight Lieutenant Silk of 409 Squadron Royal Air Force tells Air Commodore Bletchley in 1943, ...Read Review
The Liberation of Celia Kahn
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Glasgow, 1915. Celia Kahn behaves more like a mother than a daughter to her Jewish family, caring for her gambling and drink addicted Uncle ...Read Review
Slash and Burn
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This Doctor Siri Paiboun mystery opens in 1968 when Boyd Bowry, son of a U.S. senator, is presumed dead after the helicopter he ...Read Review
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
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This historical crime novel set in the early 1950s sees the return of the irrepressible Flavia de Luce, who once again is at ...Read Review
Hold on to Hope
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This tightly crafted romantic mystery set in the East End of London convincingly conveys the concerns, conditions, social conventions and clothing of the ...Read Review
Knot of Stone
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In 1510 the first murder in South Africa’s history was committed. Francisco d’Almeida, disgraced ex-Viceroy of Portuguese India, was returning to Lisbon ...Read Review
The Traitor’s Emblem
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This story, based on fact, opens in 1940 with the captain of a patrol boat in the Straits of Gibraltar being given a gold ...Read Review