eyes.2c Reviews

Betrayal From Beyond  (Keir and Levett Mystery #6) by Deb Marlowe         ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Deeply ensconced in her determination to bring down Kara and Niall (now the Duke and Duchess of Sedwick) Petra’s nefarious plans have far reaching consequences. A body is fished from the river. It is Petra Scott. Kara feels somethings not quite right but it is definitely Petra. So what’s Kara feeling uneasy about? Danger and tragedy surrounds the couple and their friends as they work their way through a mass of lies, falsely laid paths, realities and counter truths. An edge of the seat read from Marlowe that had me glued to my screen! A Dragonblade ARC via NetGalley.                                               Many thanks to the author and publisher.

The Book of Lost Children  by Jenny O'Brien       ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The islands of Guernsey were occupied by the Nazis during World War II. The population suffered and were under the yoke of an unforgiving invader. Evelyn Nightingale lost the love of her life, Joseph in the early days of the war. Through a series of happenings she’s now  nursing (not registered) at the  Emergency Hospital in Câtel. It’s here she meets the pregnant collaborator Marise and her friend Camille. Marise is having a child to an SS officer. An angry man who wants his unborn child to be sent back to Germany to become a child of the Reich. Why these things happen are never straightforward. Unerlieutenant Jannick Klein is a dreadful man. He has the habit of beating his women when they didn’t please him. Evelyn is determined to help thwart him. Fast forward to Dublin of 2018 and we have Kitty White, an antiques and second hand dealer, buying  a  violin from a woman off the streets. It...

T he Maid's Secret  (Molly the Maid #3) by Nita Prose         ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I found this slow moving in parts but it still packed a punch as the story of our favorite Maid’s familial life’s history comes into focus. The treasures Molly has in a box are indeed treasures but so is what’s in her heart. (We love her for the upright, quirky person of integrity she is!)  When her box of treasures are shown live on a reality trash or treasure TV show being held at the hotel, Molly is in for a huge shock! Alongside this, the complications of Molly’s grandmother’s life are slowly revealed as a very tangled web is unraveled. And what a process that is! A journal left by her grandmother speaking to Molly of her life’s journey, alternatively punctuated by Molly’s life today, draws us into the depths of her Gran’s regrets and subsequent events. An absolutely fabulous drawing of all the strings to the now of Molly’s life, complete with theft, blackmail and treachery. A gre...