Hardback: 471 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Harper Collins 2023
Source: Tywyn Public Library
First Sentences: Today I couldn't be late. Every minute was needed to review the most recent intelligence photographs before the Combined forces meeting at five this afternoon.
Review Quote: ‘Liz Fenwick weaves intrigue and romance into this profound, luminous novel’ Woman’s Own
My Opinion:
I have read a few of Liz Fenwick’s previous novels from her debut ‘The Cornish House’ to the more recent ‘ The Returning Tide’ and ‘The River Between Us’, all of which were 5* reads. ‘The Secret Shore’ is no exception as it is a captivating read and cleverly based on real life people and events that took place during WWII.
The female protagonist Dr Meredith Tremayne has been obsessed with maps from a young age. It is no surprise therefore that she has chosen a career path, that finds her lecturing at Oxford University. When war breaks out she finds herself posted to London and then Devon working with specialist units. Her job is to update maps from aerial photographs and provide geographical information to the teams working in the field.
In my summing up I am repeating myself somewhat from an earlier review, but my opinion remains the same. Recommend highly this author to those that appreciate well written fiction, with settings and characters that come alive on the page and that will take you through a whole range of human emotions whilst reading.
Previous Reviews: The Cornish House. The Returning Tide The River Between Us
Précis Courtesy of Goodreads:
As one of the Navy’s most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows the very lives of men far away depend on her work in the War Office
But when a family crisis draws her back to her beloved Cornwall, Merry finds herself working alongside an enigmatic American officer on secret operations spanning the rugged coasts of Cornwall and Brittany which she knows so well.
But not everything is as clear as the maps she draws. As rumours and suspicion swirl around her family, Merry is increasingly drawn to Jake, despite the defences she’s built around her heart. It’s a dangerous time to fall in love when there is everything to lose as the tides of war are rising…
Author Profile:
Liz Fenwick was born in Massachusetts and after nine international moves - the final one lasting eight years in Dubai- she now lives in Cornwall and London with her husband and two cats. She made her first trip to Cornwall in 1989, bought a home there seven years later. Apparently her heart is now forever in Cornwall, creating new stories.
Liz Fenwick describes herself as Novelist, wife, mother of three, slave to two cats and dreamer turned doer....
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