The Game's Afoot (Band of Brothers #1)
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1415 England stands on the brink of war with France. Henry V receives intelligence, through...
The Second Sight of a Zachary Cloudesley
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Zachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing... Leadenhall...
His Lordship's Gift (His Lordship’s Mysteries #2.5)
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Dominick has everything he needs in life—a roof over his head, food in his belly, and the man he...
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Machine of War
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1947. Thomas Armstrong, a young Marine, returns home from the war in the Pacific. He hopes to forget...
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The Birthday of Eternity (Comfort & Company, #2)
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L.A. private investigators Kit and Henry become entangled in the city's robust post-WWII occult...
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Novice Threads (Silver Sampler #1)
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A thirst for education. Shattered dreams. Fragile relations. 1840s Scotland Being sent to...
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You Will Know Me by My Deeds
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Billy Tarwater thought he had left the troubled past behind, until a series of ominous incidents...
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Cartier's Hope
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From M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author of Tiffany Blues, “a lush, romantic historical...
ClareR (5836 KP) rated Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter in Books
Jul 19, 2022
Historical fiction ✅
Set somewhere completely out of my previous knowledge ✅
A strong female character, operating in a difficult situation ✅
A bit of a mystery ✅ (I don’t really want to try and solve it, I just like the big reveal!)
As is often the case, the expectation of women in historical fiction is to stay at home, look after the house, wait to get married and have babies. But Eliza won’t stay at home when her father goes missing - she doesn’t assume he’s dead like the rest of the townsfolk.
There’s a real feeling of danger in a town where there appears to be no law keepers - not honest one’s, anyway. And if the corrupt, prejudiced townsfolk don’t get you, the climate and the wildlife (jellyfish, crocodiles!!) will.
This is a gripping, descriptive novel, that puts the reader firmly in Eliza’s world. I certainly had more of an idea of the hardships of living in NW Australia at this time. What will stay with me however, is Eliza’s determination to save her father and her family. She’s single-minded in her quest to find him, and determined not to let anyone else take the blame for his supposed death. It’s unnerving at times, when the attitudes of the white settlers towards the Aboriginals and other people of colour are starkly described.
A dark time in history, indeed.
And I’d highly recommend this. It’s wonderfully told.
Brushstrokes from the Past (Soli Hansen Mysteries #4)
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WWII and the mid-seventeenth century are entwined in this fourth dual timeline novel about Nazi art...
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