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Lucifer’s Game
Lucifer’s Game
Cristina Loggia | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This was an enjoyable, well-researched historical fiction novel set during WW2 in Rome.
Cordelia Olivieri’s life in Rome becomes more precarious as the Italian fascists start to identify more Italians with Jewish heritage. Cordelia’s English mother was Jewish. She has a friend in the Vatican who promises to get her on a transport to England, if she will just photograph the German plans for North Africa. This seems a simple task (or not!), as the German officer in charge of the planning for Rommel has taken over Cordelia’s hotel as his centre of operations. But Cordelia complicates things somewhat when she starts to fall in love with him.
The villains in this book are thoroughly despicable, and the ‘goodies’ are in constant danger. It’s all very nail-bitingly exciting and another great read on The Pigeonhole!
  
When Aimee Leduc takes a decoded picture to a client in the Jewish quarter of Paris, she finds the woman dead and things quickly unravel from there. Honestly, I found the book too busy, which left not enough time to wrap everything up in the end.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-in-marais-by-cara.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
I took a very long time to finish this book. I really wanted to read it thoroughly and understand everything!

I can honestly say...I am in no danger of Becoming Jewish anytime soon! Judaism has a lot of wonderful qualities, but I still cannot reconcile the 1 god thing...

A wonderful resource for anyone wanting to convert or just learn more about Judaism!

3 stars
  
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All the Rivers
All the Rivers
Dorit Rabinyan | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.5 (2 Ratings)
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Here’s a novel that was banned from Israeli High Schools because it is about a relationship between a Jewish Israeli woman and a Palestinian man. But don’t let that stop you from reading this modern-day Romeo and Juliette story. Read why this book is forcing me to update my “best of 2017” list, in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/12/25/border-life/