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#LettersFromthePast by @TheEricaJames

By Pamelascott
#LettersFromthePast by @TheEricaJames

It's the autumn of 1962 in the idyllic Suffolk village of Melstead St Mary. Evelyn Devereux's husband Kit is planning their 20th wedding anniversary party. But as they prepare to celebrate, Evelyn receives an anonymous letter that threatens to unravel the secrets she's kept hidden for many years - secrets that reach back to the war and her days at Bletchley Park.

Evelyn's sister-in-law, Hope, has brought joy to countless children with her bestselling books, but despite having a loving husband and caring family, happiness has never come easily to her. Then in an instant her fragile world is turned upside down when she too receives an anonymous letter.

Across the village, up at Melstead Hall, Julia Devereux has married into a life beyond anything she could have dreamt of, not realising until it's too late that it comes with a heavy price.

Meanwhile, in the sun-baked desert of Palm Springs, Romily Devereux-Temple, crime-writer and former ATA pilot, is homesick for her beloved Island House, where she's saved the day more times than she can count. On her return home, and shocked to learn what has been going on in her absence, she finds herself reluctantly confronting a secret she's kept hidden for a very long time. Once again Romily is challenged to save the day and hold the family together. Can she do it, and maybe seize some happiness for herself at the same time?

#LettersFromthePast by @TheEricaJames

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[Out in the garden, Evelyn Deveraux could hear ringing from inside the house]

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(@orionbooks, 16 April 2020, 528 pages, ebook, #ARC from @orionbooks via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 17 April)

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I've heard of the author before but have never read her work. I have no idea why. If Letters from the Past is anything to go buy, I've clearly been missing out. I will definitely read more of her work. I love books that use multiple narrators and / or a non-linear narrative. This book has both so was really looking forward to reading it. I was not disappointed. The concept at the centre of the book, a nasty anonymous letter that threatens to expose secrets and shake up lives is not a new one but I enjoyed the way it is handled in this book. I loved the way the books moves between different POV's and timelines, slowly revealing the truth and the links between past and present. I was absorbed in this book from page one. Highly recommended.

#LettersFromthePast @TheEricaJames

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