In an alternate England, a truce was reached with Hitler. Fascism covers the continent and is creeping over the UK. No one is unaffected, not even the apolitical Viola Lark, third daughter of a Mitford-like family of sisters, actress offered the chance to star as Hamlet in a slightly cross-cast prod...
I found this second book in Jo Walton's "Small Change" trilogy increasingly difficult to put down. From something which I expected would take me a few days to read, it became a book which I devoured in three sittings - the last half of it in a single sitting. The first book in the trilogy, Farthing...
A really wonderful book. Sequel to Farthing.
Set shortly after [book: Farthing], Inspector Carmichael is once again drawn into a murder case with disturbingly political subtext. This is a disturbing, frustrating book because the situation is completely hopeless. Fascism and every possible form of modern intolerance continue to gain power, an...
This was still pretty dang good although I didn't like it as much as its predecessor. It covered much of the same territory, although in a slightly different style. Instead of a country house mystery of the 40's it was a spy thriller of the 40's. So if I hadn't read Farthing I might have liked Ha'...
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