What do you do when your ancestral home becomes too costly to keep? Do you let it go? Or do you fight to keep it at all costs? Is there a way in between?
MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL (Ashley Weaver) The seaside holiday… and the murder might be what it takes to save Amory’s marriage
The arrival of Frau Grete and her staff is one of the most exciting things ever happened to Elsie.
Ingeborg’s stepmother Grete is the quintessential New Woman. She’s strong-willed and ambitious… and maybe a little shrewd.
When Ingeborg enters her Dad’s studio, everything is as it used to be. It’s a treasure of memories.
Ingeborg meets Elsie and has a curious conversation with her about fire and home
When Ingeborg enters her father’s home, she finds unexpected shadows, but also the warmth of a family she has long missed.
After years spent in Berlin, Ingeborg goes back to her home. She finds the mist and the cold have set in. Her father’s maze is withered and dark.
The Frozen Maze by Sarah Zama – A Snow White Retelling Set in 1920s Germany – People may get lost in the maze. They may also find themselves
We don’t know much about Ernst Haffner, other that he was a social worker and a journalist of the Weimar Republic. He was active as a journalist in Berlin between 1925 and 1933, then he disappeared from all records, presumably engulfed by WWII.
This is his only novel, one of strong social critique.
A DUTY TO THE DEAD (Charles Todd) Arthur wasn’t just a patient, he was special to Bess, and when on his deathbed he asks a favour of her, she can’t deny it
A lineup of novels set in the 1920s (but also 1910s and 1930s) to spice up your summer reads, if you’re looking for good book recommendations.