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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > Second World War fiction
LONDON, 1942. A killer going by the name of 'Crimson Jack' is
stalking the wartime streets of London, murdering women on the
exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. Has
the Ripper somehow returned from the grave? Is the self-styled
Crimson Jack a descendant of the original Jack or merely a madman
obsessed with those notorious killings? In desperation Scotland
Yard turn to Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective.
Surely he is the one man who can sift fact from legend and track
down Crimson Jack before he completes his tally of death. As Holmes
and the faithful Watson tread the blacked out streets of London,
death waits just around the corner. Inspired by the classic film
series from Universal Pictures starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel
Bruce, which updated Sherlock Holmes to the 1940s, this is a brand
new adventure from the acclaimed author of The Thirty-One Kings,
Castle Macnab and the Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries.
'In this vivid, affecting novel of intertwined destinies and the
enduring power of love against the bleakest odds, Levensohn weaves
a tale saturated with historical accuracy and yet surprisingly
intimate. A Jewish Girl in Paris delivers romance and intrigue to
spare, but the novel's real power lies in its portrayal of how
deeply and sometimes mysteriously we can find ourselves connected
to the past, and to each other.' - Paula Mc Lain, New York Times
bestselling author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark
Paris, 1940, a city under German occupation. A young Jewish girl,
Judith, meets a young man, the son of a wealthy banker and Nazi
sympathizer - his family will never approve of the girl he has
fallen in love with. As the Germans impose more and more
restrictions on Jewish Parisians, the couple secretly plan to flee
the country. But before they can make their escape, Judith
disappears . . . Montreal, 1982. Shortly before his death, Lica
Grunberg confesses to his daughter, that she has an older
half-sister, Judith. Lica escaped the Nazis but lost all contact
with his first-born daughter. His daughter promises to find the
sister she never knew. The search languishes for years, until
Jacobina is spurred on by her young friend Beatrice. Soon the two
women discover a dark family secret, stretching over two continents
and six decades, that will change their lives forever . . .
Inspired by true events and set against the backdrop of the Second
World War, Melanie Levensohn's A Jewish Girl in Paris is a powerful
novel about forbidden love, adapted from a translation by Jamie Lee
Searle.
'"I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very
difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then
die..."' In the blackout conditions of a wintry London night,
amateur sleuth Agnes Kinghof and a young air-raid warden have
stumbled upon a corpse stowed in the walls of their street's bomb
shelter. As the police begin their investigation, the night is
interrupted once again when Agnes's upstairs neighbour Mrs Sibley
is terrorised by the sight of a grisly pig's head at her
fourth-floor window. With the discovery of more sinister threats
mysteriously signed 'Pig-sticker', Agnes and her husband Andrew -
unable to resist a good mystery - begin their investigation to
deduce the identity of a villain living amongst the tenants of
their block of flats. A witty and lighthearted mystery full of
intriguing period detail, this rare gem of Golden Age crime returns
to print for the first time since its publication in 1943.
Don't miss the gripping new book from the international bestseller
- the story of two sisters caught up in Cold War espionage In 1948,
Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat
husband and their two children. Four years later, Ruth Macallister
receives a postcard from the estranged twin sister she hasn't seen
since 1940. Since that one catastrophic summer in Rome, as war was
engulfing Europe and Iris was falling desperately in love... Within
days, Ruth is on her way to Moscow, posing as the wife of Agent Fox
in a precarious plot to extract her sister from behind the Iron
Curtain. But the truth behind Iris's marriage threatens to unravel
everything, and as the sisters race to safety, a dogged Soviet KGB
officer forces them to make a heartbreaking choice...
Flying Angels is a compelling and inspirational story of women of
courage in the Second World War, by the world's number one
bestselling author, Danielle Steel. It is 1941 and the devastating
loss of life following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor leaves
best friends Audrey and Lizzie distraught and bereft as they lose
someone they both love deeply. As they come to terms with their
grief, their resolve to play a worthwhile role towards the war
effort is strengthened. As trained nurses they volunteer for the
army medivac corps and are sent to England, where they join a team
who fly on dangerous missions to the Front to bring back wounded
soldiers. Audrey, Lizzie and their fellow medics and pilots will
suffer the tragedies of war and experience loss and suffering. They
will come to understand the importance of friendship, respect,
bravery and being true to yourself. But, once the war is over, can
they learn one of the hardest lessons of all: the ability to love
again?
'Gripping, heartbreaking and uplifting.' Christy Lefteri, author of
the million-copy bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo THEIR STORY
WILL BREAK YOUR HEART THEIR JOURNEY WILL FILL YOU WITH HOPE YOU
WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR NAMES When they are little girls, Cibi,
Magda and Livia make a promise to their father - that they will
stay together, no matter what. Years later, at just 15, Livia is
ordered to Auschwitz by the Nazis. Cibi, only 19 herself, remembers
their promise and follows Livia, determined to protect her sister,
or die with her. Together, they fight to survive through
unimaginable cruelty and hardship. Magda, only 17, stays with her
mother and grandfather, hiding out in a neighbour's attic or in the
forest when the Nazi militia come to round up friends, neighbours
and family. She escapes for a time, but eventually she too is
captured and transported to the death camp. In Auschwitz-Birkenau
the three sisters are reunited and, remembering their father, they
make a new promise, this time to each other: That they will
survive. Three Sisters is a beautiful story of hope in the hardest
of times and of finding love after loss. Heather Morris is the
global bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's
Journey, which have sold eight million copies worldwide. Three
Sisters is her third novel, and the final piece in the phenomenon
that is the Tattooist of Auschwitz series.
On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has
gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A
civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a
game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his
characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end
of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the
charlady of the miser next door. When the brutal murder of said
miser is discovered by his Canadian infantryman nephew, it's not
long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene,
faced with perplexing alibis and with the fate of the young soldier
in his hands.
The brand new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling
Goodwill House series.July 1940 With Hitler's bombs getting closer,
WAAF Diane Forsyth is determined to face the oncoming danger and do
her duty to support the brave RAF pilots who risk their lives as
they take to the skies. And there's one pilot in particular Di
hopes remains safe - Squadron Leader Freddie Hanover. But with a
romance between them growing, Di and Freddie know their duty must
always come first. How can they dream of a future together whilst
this terrible war continues? Lady Joanna Harcourt understands Di's
vow of duty - she's taken one herself. But Joanna also knows that
life is terribly precious and that one must make the most of every
single day...before it's too late. Don't miss the next
heart-breaking instalment in Fenella J. Miller's beautiful Goodwill
House series. Praise for Fenella J. Miller: 'Curl up in a chair
with Fenella J Miller's characters and lose yourself in another
time and another place.' Lizzie Lane 'Engaging characters and
setting which whisks you back to the home front of wartime Britain.
A great start to what promises to be a fabulous series.' Jean
Fullerton
BY THE WINNER OF THE 2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE SHORTLISTED FOR
THE 2021 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021
WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 'Riveting and heartbreaking ... A compelling
novel, one that gathers close all those who were meant to be
forgotten, and refuses their erasure' Maaza Mengiste, Guardian 'A
brilliant and important book for our times, by a wondrous writer'
Philippe Sands, New Statesman, Books of the Year _______________
While he was still a little boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents
by the German colonial troops. After years away, fighting in a war
against his own people, he returns to his village to find his
parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away. Another young man
returns at the same time. Hamza was not stolen for the war, but
sold into it; he has grown up at the right hand of an officer whose
protection has marked him life. With nothing but the clothes on his
back, he seeks only work and security - and the love of the
beautiful Afiya. As fate knots these young people together, as they
live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war on another
continent lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry
them away... _______________ 'One of the world's most prominent
postcolonial writers ... He has consistently and with great
compassion penetrated the effects of colonialism in East Africa and
its effects on the lives of uprooted and migrating individuals'
Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee 'In book after book,
he guides us through seismic historic moments and devastating
societal ruptures while gently outlining what it is that keeps
those families, friendships and loving spaces intact, if not fully
whole' Maaza Mengiste 'Rarely in a lifetime can you open a book and
find that reading it encapsulates the enchanting qualities of a
love affair ... One scarcely dares breathe while reading it for
fear of breaking the enchantment' The Times
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