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I'm excited to read this! My mom recommended it - I finally found it on amazon.uk - how cool to get a book from England! Might make it hard to recommend it for bookclub - too bad!
Okay - just finished it - really enjoyed it! I love mysteries, especially ones surrounding the World Wars. This book really makes you think about your own morals and what you would do under extreme stress and fear. I would hope I would stand up for the weak, but I could never judge those that "ran ...more
Okay - just finished it - really enjoyed it! I love mysteries, especially ones surrounding the World Wars. This book really makes you think about your own morals and what you would do under extreme stress and fear. I would hope I would stand up for the weak, but I could never judge those that "ran ...more
A good idea. A man whose mother is dying finds out from her that his father, who has been cold towards him since he was a little boy, is this great war hero. The problem is his father refuses to accept this. The hunt for the "truth" leads this character to northern France and a town where the Germans occupied. The un-pealing of the layers of the "truth" the locals were prepared to admit to lead to lots more questions and while so more toes are trodden on. People who build r...more
A mountain of tragic deceptions
Set mostly in a small fishing village, St Cyriac, on the coast of Brittany, this is the tale of a man in search of the tragic WWII events that led to his life-long rejection by his father.
George Madoc was the skipper of an RAF rescue craft. Amongst her other duties, the sleek, fast, three-engined boat, known simply as 6548, was tasked with ferrying secret agents across the English Channel. George feels very uneasy about one of these agents, an ass...more
Set mostly in a small fishing village, St Cyriac, on the coast of Brittany, this is the tale of a man in search of the tragic WWII events that led to his life-long rejection by his father.
George Madoc was the skipper of an RAF rescue craft. Amongst her other duties, the sleek, fast, three-engined boat, known simply as 6548, was tasked with ferrying secret agents across the English Channel. George feels very uneasy about one of these agents, an ass...more
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I have never read any of Tom Macaulay's books and don't know if he has written others but I enjoyed this read and loved the way he writes. The plot is plausible and the characters realistic even if the wife is altogether too good to be true. I love the intertwining of history with mystery and especially when it revolves around WWII.
Really enjoyed this book, i usually guess quite early on what the outcome will be in books but with this one i really didn't have a clue, there were plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing. I found all the characters to be interesting and the plot was just fantastic. i would highly reccomend it!
Another story of WWII and what happens to the survivors. Takes place in present day but looks back at a small village on the coast of France, north of Normandy, and what happened there during the occupation. Mystery story and story of relationship between father and son.
At first I was a bit skeptic since I tend to dislike anything to do with history. But I actually enjoyed the book. The narration happens on the present time not in the past; it is of a son trying to find the truth about his father's past not of the past itself.
A really well written first novel.
Trace
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Patricia
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