Night Train to Marrakech, Daughters of War #3 by Dinah Jefferies.
Ebook: 464 pages in Kindle Edition
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Harper Collins June 27 2023
Source: My Kindle
First Sentence: The night train gathered speed, clanking and rattling, and the girl on the cusp of a new life held her breath.
Review Quote: A ‘gripping story of love, betrayal and danger’Woman’s Weekly
Setting: Morocco
Series: Daughters of War (#3) 'Night Train to Marrakech'
My Opinion:
Dinah Jefferies has been a favourite author of mine, since 2014 when her debut novel 'The Separation'. was published. Over the years she has transported me with her vivid descriptive prose to some wonderful locations, some which I have been lucky enough to visit and other places I now wish to see for myself. This time it was to Morocco, somewhere I have been fortunate to visit and her descriptions are certainly evocative of my time spent there.
The story continues as Vicky, one of the younger generation of the Baudin family, travels to Marrakech to meet her grandmother for the first time. A dangerous place in the sixties, the visit turns out to be quite an adventure. Bringing together protagonists from the earlier books this final volume of the trilogy reveals some long hidden family secrets.
As with the previous volumes in this trilogy, it is a captivating read that transports the reader to Morocco which I can recommend to anyone that enjoys an immersive read. It stands alone but I feel more enjoyable if you have read the earlier novels.
Précis Courtesy of Amazon:
MARRAKECH 1966
Vicky Baudin steps onto a train winding through Morocco, looking for the grandmother she has never met.
It’s an epic journey that’ll take her to the edge of Atlas Mountains – and closer to the answers she’s been craving all her life.
But dark secrets whisper amongst the dunes. And in unlocking the mystery of Clemence’s past, Vicky will unearth great danger too . . .
Author Profile:
Courtesy of Twitter Profile
Dinah was born in Malaysia and moved to England at the age of nine.
As a teenager she missed the heat of Malaysia, which left her with a kind of restlessness that led to quite an unusual life. She studied Fashion Design and went to live in Tuscany where she worked as an au-pair for an Italian countess. There was even a time when Dinah lived with a rock band in a ‘hippie’ commune in Suffolk.
Although Dinah and her husband spent five wonderful years living in a small 16th Century village in Northern Andalusia, she's happy to say they now live close to her family in Gloucestershire along with two crazy Maine Coon cats.
Photographs and Biographical Information courtesy of the following sites:
Goodreads Author Profile Twitter Profile Dinah Jefferies - Official Website
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