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The New Mrs Clifton

By: Elizabeth Buchan
Narrated by: Julie Teal
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As the Second World War draws to a close, Intelligence Officer Gus Clifton surprises his sisters when he introduces Krista - the German wife whom he has married secretly in Berlin.

Krista is clearly devastated by her experiences at the hands of the allies, but Gus's sisters can only see the enemy he has brought under their roof. Haunted by passion and betrayal, these damaged souls are propelled towards a spectacular resolution.

©2016 Elizabeth Buchan (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd 20th Century Contemporary Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction

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"A truly wonderful writer. Her books are rich with authentic period detail and her characters are vivid and intensely believable - I love this book." (Peter James)
Praise for Elizabeth Buchan: "Impressive...nerve-janglingly engrossing.... Buchan brings the period vividly to life." ( Sunday Times)
Praise for Elizabeth Buchan: "A scintillating WWII story packed with gripping espionage and a tremendous lead character. Constructed with skill and elegance - no one writes a cliff-hanger scene like Buchan - it's a breathtaking read." ( The Week)
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I enjoyed this story, although there was one rather large challenge that I could not overcome.

The book starts with a captivating teaser: a skeleton found in the garden – intriguing! Who is it? and whodunit?

We then rewind to just after WW2 and are introduced to our cast of characters: Gus, an Englishman who returns from war with a German bride, his two sisters who have a hard time accepting this new reality, his jilted fiancée who REALLY has an issue with Gus getting married behind her back! And the jilted fiancée’s brother who just hates him. That right there is a TON of possibilities for who killed whom!

The story moves along at a good pace, we get to know all the players and learn about their intrigues and secrets, guessing along the way who had motive to do what to whom… all in all really great stuff.

The reason I was challenged is that on top of the secrets everyone is hiding from everyone else, we are kept in the dark as to why Gus married his German bride. Instead of adding to the intrigue it just annoyed me because the bits and pieces just made no sense – in fact, on multiple occasions, I wondered if we WERE told why and I just missed it because I tuned out at the wrong moment. This situation made their storyline frustrating instead of interesting and when we do eventually learn the truth it’s just stupid.

Frankly, I don’t feel like we even needed a secret reason to up the tension and add another potential murder to the list by creating the premise for a jilted fiancée in that way. Gus could have just genuinely fallen in love with his German bride and that would have pissed everyone off just as much!

Aside from that complaint, it was a great story.

Great Intrigue

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