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Mersey I will be reviewing it for Greaders.

Ann I have read the Legacy and I adored it, literally did not want the book to end......I keep looking to see when her next book will be out....

I have just finished The Legacy by Katherine Webb. What a great book. From New York high society to a ranch among Indians in the early 20th century, and then to England following the same family and Great Grandchildren trying to solve the mystery of what happened to a 20th century family baby, whose was ge and where did he go. A great read and well reccommended. :-D

Bliss !! :-D :-D :-D

nothink better than sitting with your book in one hand and chocolate bar in the other

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Well worth a nibble !! thanks Shelly :-D :-D

Its enough to turn everyone to chocolate Shelly :-D
Thanks for mentioning it.

just in case some of you dont no this
galaxy ripple have free kindle books with every bar

code inside wrapper just done mine and you have 12 books to chose from
i dont no if all books are the same or if you get different ones with a different codes

but must add that you look for ripple that as free kindle e-book on the wrapper

just follow the link on the wrapper and it will take you to amazon

her is the link so you can see what im chatting about :-D

https://www.galaxychocolate.co.uk/

I have already read that one Choccy but thanks for letting us know......Im now onto the one Ann mentioned for GReaders........

~~~~~s to all Bookworms & kindle tarts

Special ~~~~~s to BC <3 <3

Thank you Choccy, I am pretty sure I read it some time many years back. I have several paperbacks in that series but not that one so I have downloaded it to re-read. I loved all that series.

Free today on Amazon

All the Sweet Promises by Elizabeth Elgin

This is a compelling story of three young women who enter the WRNS during the dark days of the World War II, and the men with whom they find love. Their backgrounds couldn't be more different, yet together they share their finest hours.

Thats next on my list Ann :-D

I am reading The Bed that I made. £1.54 on kindle, a surprisingly good read.

Hi Mersey
I'll look out for that other Vera Atkins book. She's certainly a complex, interesting character though I'm not sure whether I like her much.

Finished reading In Search of Martha Brown,
good read and interesting how little is known of her life
even though research has been done over the years.
As I also get frustrated when researching my own ancestors
I feel we will never get to know Martha's whole story.

Emma :-)

Hi Vera I have read The Secret Life of Vera Atkins, infact I have read alot about her, I find her so interesting .....she intirgues me and found her quite a complex woman who never gave too much away about her private life......A very clever woman.......

I have been very interested in her and how the SOE worked through the war......

Another book I would recommend on the subject is

A Life In Secrets : Vera Atkins and The Missging Agents

The Special Operations Executive (SOE), Winston Churchill's personal creation to subvert Nazidom, occupies a legendary but controversial place in World War II annals. This original investigative history by a British journalist allays none of the criticism of the SOE--it was a failure that cost hundreds of agents their lives--but vindicates the valor of SOE agents. Centering attention on a high-ranking SOE officer named Vera Atkins (1908-2000), Helm recounts a war-crimes inquiry Atkins conducted in the immediate aftermath of the war: Atkins sought information about the fates of about 100 agents she had sent into France. Atkins knew during the war that SOE's French operations had been compromised but not whether it was through treachery or lax security. Solid on the spycraft aspects of Atkins' quest, which identified a Nazi mole in SOE, Helm engrossingly narrates Atkins' hunt for the truth in furtive traces about her agents gleaned from Germans who had shunted them from capture to concentration camp. Carried off with consummate skill, Helm's report is also an inveigling portrait of Atkins' own secretive life.

Sorry Ann. I had a senior moment. See the Edit on my previous post

Don't keep us in suspense Vera. First few pages of?????? :-D

I am catching up on books that have been sitting on the Kindle for ages and have just finished "Symphony of Echoes" by Jodi Taylor, part of the Chronicles of St Mary's series. It could be read as a stand alone book but there are quite a few references to events in the previous book in the series "Just One Damned Thing After Another" so it is probably best to read that one first.

These books are pure fantasy and escapism but I find them quite enjoyable.

Last night I read the first few pages of

EDIT: I had a mad moment and pressed submit half way through the sentence so to continue:

Last night I read the first few pages of "A Life in Secrets - The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE" by Sarah Helm. It looks as though it is going to be interesting. My daughter recommended it some while ago. I got the Kindle edition for £1.99 in April but I see it is now £6.49!

My latest read was Len Deighton’s City of Gold.

The City of Gold is set in early 1942 Cairo when Rommel’s army is poised to attack. Major Albert Cutler is charge with finding the spy who is supplying Rommel with accurate information.
None of the characters are who they seem to be - gold should be fools gold.

Although the protagonists are drawn from the British, Army and other countries ex-pat privileged communities, LD does have the space to describe the appalling living conditions of the starving working class Egyptians.

Its a mixture of a spy novel together with a description of life during WW2 and less pleasant aspects of living in an occupied zone, the occupiers being the British Army in a neutral Egypt.