Fifty years ago, Laurel witnessed a
horrible tragedy. Her beloved mother stabbed a man who entered their
farmhouse yard and killed him. Laurel knew her mother intended to
kill the man, but she couldn't believe it until now.
Fifty years later, Laurel's mother is
dying. Now Laurel wants to know what really happened all those years
ago and most of all why. She begins a quest and enlists her brother
Gerry, who was a baby at the time, to find why her mother killed the
intruder.
The story is told through several
characters. Laurel tells the story in the present, but interspersed
with that we have stories from her mother and her mother's friends
from WWII. It is a credit to the author's talent that she is able to
weave the time periods together and keep the reader anxious for more.
I enjoyed the book and would recommend
it to anyone who enjoys mystery and romance. The book is well
researched and gives an accurate picture of the hardship faced by
ordinary people in Great Britain during the blitz. At first I didn't
like moving back and forth between the time periods. It seemed to
slow the action. I wanted to know why the murder occurred. However,
the back and forth movement became rhythmic and gave me a chance to
know the characters. Once in they flow, I found it an excellent way
to tell the story.
I reviewed this book for Net Galley.
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