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Trust by Chris Hammer
Letters from Berlin
Trust by award-winning journalist and author Chris Hammer, is the third novel in the enthralling crime series featuring Martin Scarsden, but easily a read-alone as well. For once, life is just blissful for Martin Scarsden and Mandalay Blonde, until a terrified scream on the other end of the line sets into motion a thrilling quest for the truth. Where is she and why would anyone want to harm her? Thankfully, Mandalay is found, but many secrets from her past are unearthed in the process and when Martin’s best friend, a journalist, is found murdered on the eve of a highly secretive breaking story, the mystery deepens. Who is behind the murder and how is it connected to Mandalay’s past? A riveting roller-coaster examining the hierarchy of corporate power and police corruption by one of Australia’s best crime writers.
by Tanya Blanchard
Review by Lydia @ Great Escape Books
An epic tale of strength, bravery, and the healing power of love, amidst some of the most incredibly devastating events in history. For 18-year-old Susanna Gottmann, life in Berlin in 1943 is a precarious battle of survival as the allied forces encroach. Presented with an opportunity to help her family by accepting the help of a man of influence ... a senior Nazi official, Susanna forgoes any sense of a happy future with her beloved Leo and pays a great personal cost few can imagine. An incredible World War II novel based on a true story. Review by Lydia @ Great Escape Books
The Cat and The City The Happiest Man on Earth
by Nick Bradley
by Eddie Jaku
At 100 years of age, Eddie has been through more than most can comprehend. From a young boy, needing to assume a secret identity and being sent away from his family to study, and as a young man to face the unimaginable horrors of the concentration camps; losing his identity, his family and his country and fighting to survive every day of his life. It is in the darkest times of his life that Eddie made the decision to be thankful for everyday he was alive, and to make a commitment to smile every day. Even if the day was an unhappy one.
This quirky little novel will appeal to all lovers of Japan and Japanese based literature. It begins with a tattooist in Tokyo who receives a most unusual commission from a young woman. The design she desires is intriguing – a recreation of the city that will cover her entire back. Despite her insistence on the city being uninhabited, the tattooist adds a small cat outside famous Shibuya station. However, when she returns for future sessions, to his astonishment he sees that the cat is wandering around the inked cityscape.
A complete treasure of a book, that is the perfect read to put life in perspective.
Bradley takes us on a tour of Tokyo's heart and the lives of its people though this little calico cat, a uniquely beautiful little novel, perfect for our times.
Review by Lydia @ Great Escape Books
Review by Nicole @ Great Escape Books
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