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Glad you enjoyed it Vera ....I hope you get to read some more about her...she has always intrigued me, a very clever woman.......

I have now finished Sarah Helm's book: "A Life In Secrets - the Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE".

I found this a fascinating book and Vera Atkins was a very complex character who was still a bit of an enigma by the end of the book.

She was born of a Rumanian Jewish background but became more English than the English themselves. She came to England in 1937 and early in 1941, though technically an enemy alien as she was not naturalised till 1944, she was employed as a secretary in the French Section of the Special Operations Executive. She quickly became assistant to the Head of the section and was soon in charge of recruitment, training and general welfare of the women agents who were sent into France.

Very few of these agents returned and after the war Vera made it her mission to find out exactly where and how "her" agents had met their deaths. She did some work with the War Crimes Commission and so was able to interview a number of German SS and Gestapo personnel and some of the stories that emerge about the torture and deaths of these brave women are horrendous and do not make comfortable reading.

Vera Atkins died aged 92 in 2000. There is still controversy over her motives for her actions during and after the war, how much she knew about the double agent in SOE, how much she "manipulated" records to hide her own errors etc.

The book is very well researched. As well as records in the National Archives that had become available, members of Vera's family gave the author pretty much unlimited access to all the papers, diaries etc. that she left.

I found this an absorbing read

Could be right Ann will check :-)

Another I down loaded for £2.55 is The Blonde Beast of Birkenau
and Belsen, the life and crimes of Irma Grese, not to everyone's
taste.

Emma

I have downloaded that but I think it is only a short taster isn't it?

Emms on my way to download...thanks for letting us know :-D

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Just downloaded Where There's Smoke by Jodie Picoult,
free on Amazon.

Death Cart by Susan Parry.

Set in and around the Yorkshire Dales, the main characters are either students or lecturers involved with a Uni Archaeology course.

2nd year student Vrishti is murdered, then a Course Tutor dies in a hit and run accident, swiftly followed by the murder of one of Vrishti’s house mates. Millie, with whom they house shared decides to investigate the ‘who and why’ with the help of her friends.

Although Millie’s character irritated me with her occasional over emotional responses, most of the students are in their early 20’s, which makes it more understandable. Not quite an adult, but neither was she a child.

The ‘Death Cart’ refers to a stone age burial site which the students were excavating.

This is book is part of The Yorkshire Dales Mystery Series and downloaded when it was free. With some £££ left from a gift voucher, I'm contemplating buying the next in the series. :-D

Mersey I will be reviewing it for Greaders.

Ann I have read the Legacy and I adored it, literally did not want the book to end......I keep looking to see when her next book will be out....

I have just finished The Legacy by Katherine Webb. What a great book. From New York high society to a ranch among Indians in the early 20th century, and then to England following the same family and Great Grandchildren trying to solve the mystery of what happened to a 20th century family baby, whose was ge and where did he go. A great read and well reccommended. :-D

Bliss !! :-D :-D :-D

nothink better than sitting with your book in one hand and chocolate bar in the other

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Well worth a nibble !! thanks Shelly :-D :-D

Its enough to turn everyone to chocolate Shelly :-D
Thanks for mentioning it.

just in case some of you dont no this
galaxy ripple have free kindle books with every bar

code inside wrapper just done mine and you have 12 books to chose from
i dont no if all books are the same or if you get different ones with a different codes

but must add that you look for ripple that as free kindle e-book on the wrapper

just follow the link on the wrapper and it will take you to amazon

her is the link so you can see what im chatting about :-D

https://www.galaxychocolate.co.uk/

I have already read that one Choccy but thanks for letting us know......Im now onto the one Ann mentioned for GReaders........

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Special ~~~~~s to BC <3 <3

Thank you Choccy, I am pretty sure I read it some time many years back. I have several paperbacks in that series but not that one so I have downloaded it to re-read. I loved all that series.

Free today on Amazon

All the Sweet Promises by Elizabeth Elgin

This is a compelling story of three young women who enter the WRNS during the dark days of the World War II, and the men with whom they find love. Their backgrounds couldn't be more different, yet together they share their finest hours.

Thats next on my list Ann :-D

I am reading The Bed that I made. £1.54 on kindle, a surprisingly good read.