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October 4, 2024

REVIEW: All We Thought We Knew by Michelle Shocklee

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1940s / 1960s / disability / disabled character / Dual Timelines / family relationships / Germany / inspirational / prisoner of war / secrets / Tennessee / Vietnam / World War IIComments Off on REVIEW: All We Thought We Knew by Michelle Shocklee

She was so sure she knew her family’s story . . . Now she wonders if she was wrong about all of it. 1969. When Mattie Taylor’s twin brother was killed in Vietnam, she lost her best friend and the only person who really understood her. Now, news that her ... more >

September 19, 2024

REVIEW: Cold Peace: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift, Part I (Bridge to Tomorrow Book 1) by Helena P. Schrader

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / Berlin-Germany / Cold War / Historical / novelization / pilot / politics / Post WWII / War / MilitaryComments Off on REVIEW: Cold Peace: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift, Part I (Bridge to Tomorrow Book 1) by Helena P. Schrader

The economy is broken, the currency worthless, and the Russian bear is hungry. In the ruins of Hitler’s capital, war heroes and resilient women struggle in the post-war doldrums — until they discover new purpose in defending Berlin’s freedom from Soviet tyranny. When a Russian fighter brings down a British ... more >

August 14, 2024

REVIEW: Through the Mist by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / Artists / Cornwall / England / Gothic / Historical / Historical fiction / Paranormal / supernaturalComments Off on REVIEW: Through the Mist by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Two women disturb the dark history of a deceptively quiet postwar Cornwall village in a haunting novel by the bestselling author of A Feather on the Water and The Woman on the Orient Express. It’s winter 1947 when newlyweds Ellen and Tony Wylde move into an abandoned Cornish farmhouse overlooking ... more >

August 2, 2024

REVIEW: The Hidden Storyteller by Mandy Robotham

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / Germany / Historical fiction / murder mystery / murder-investigation / policeman / Post WWII / present tense / reporter / Serial-Killer5 Comments

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The war is over. But there are still secrets to be found amidst the ashes . . . Hamburg, 1946 The war is over, and Germany is in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young returns to the country she fled seven years prior – at the onset ... more >

July 30, 2024

REVIEW: Murder at the White Palace : A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery by Allison Montclair

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery / Agent/Spies/Undercover / female friendship / gangsters / Historical / London / murder mystery / Post WWII5 Comments

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another murder. In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture—The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman ... more >

February 20, 2024

REVIEW: The Trouble with You by Ellen Feldman

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / 1940s New York / 1950s / American historical / blacklist / Historical / Historical fiction / Jewish characters / self discovery / single mother / Widowed Heroine / women's rights / Womens-Fiction / Writer2 Comments

In an exuberant post WWII New York City, a young woman is forced to reinvent her life and choose between the safe and the ethical, and the men who represent each… Set in New York City in the heady aftermath of World War II when the men were coming home, ... more >

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