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The King's Concubine
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The Colour of Murder
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS 'One of our most ingenious and stylish home-grown crime...
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The Catherine Howard Conspiracy (The Marquess House Trilogy #1)
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A Match Made in London (Twice Shy Series)
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Miss Rosalind Merriweather’s life has been one of hardship and servitude since her late sister’s...
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Those Who Are Loved
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The Shadow War
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Inglourious Basterds meets Stranger Things in this dark and thrilling tale of power, shadow, and...
ClareR (5711 KP) rated The Rose Code in Books
Jun 26, 2022
I actually listened to this on an audiobook, and although there were one or two pronunciation issues, I thought the narrator Saskia Maarleveld did a really good job. She added extra character to the three main women in the story - all friends, but all so different from one another: the debutante with fluent German; the practical East Londoner who wants to escape poverty; the local village girl who, it turns out, is a genius cryptographer.
I really enjoyed the way that these characters were developed, and how their unlikely friendship grew. The secondary characters were also all interesting and well-developed, and all came together at the climactic end. I was gripped throughout, listening at every opportunity. And the ending really was a breathless race to the finish.
Oh, and there’s a rather large part given to Prince Phillip as well. There is a foot placed in fact, but I’m not really sure just how much. Oslo Kendall did exist, and was Prince Phillips girlfriend (or friend, at the very least) before he married Queen (then Princess) Elizabeth. I liked the “is it true or not” element.
If you like war time fiction, and have an interest in Bletchley Park - or want to find out more - you might just enjoy this as much as I did.
Think of Me
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A heartbreaking new novel of grief, family and the enduring power of love from the author of We Must...
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The Last Truehart
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1898, Geelong, Victoria. Stella Truehart is all alone in the world. Her good-for-nothing husband has...