#TopTenTuesday Books On My Spring 2021 TBR

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This week’s topic is Books On My Spring 2021 TBR.  Here are just a few of mine. Links from the titles will take you to the full book description on Goodreads.

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March publications

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn – a heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.

A Book of Secrets by Kate Morrison – the story of a West African girl hunting for her lost brother through an Elizabethan underworld of spies, plots and secret Catholic printing presses. 

April publications

The Heretic’s Mark (The Jackdaw Mysteries #4) by S. W. Perry – The Elizabethan world is in flux. Radical new ideas are challenging the old. But the quest for knowledge can lead down dangerous paths. 

The Deception of Harriet Fleet by Helen Scarlett – dark and brimming with suspense, an atmospheric Victorian chiller set in brooding County Durham

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton – An idol of Afro-punk. A duo on the brink of stardom. A night that will define their story for ever.

The Drowned City by K. J. Maitland – 1606. A year to the day that men were executed for conspiring to blow up Parliament, a towering wave devastates the Bristol Channel. Some proclaim God’s vengeance. Others seek to take advantage.

The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea – Orkney, 1940. On a remote island, a prisoner-of-war camp is constructed to house five hundred Italian soldiers. Upon arrival, a freezing Orkney winter and divided community greets them.

Together by Luke Adam Hawker – A gentle and philosophical look at what we can learn from difficult times, paired with beautiful illustrations

May publications

A Ration Book Daughter (East End Ration #5) by Jean Fullerton – When a telegram arrives declaring that her husband is missing in action, Cathy can finally allow herself to hope – she only has to wait 6 months before she is legally a widow and can move on with her life.

The Assistant by Kjell Ola Dahl, trans. by Don Bartlett – A stunningly sophisticated, tension-packed thriller – the darkest of hard-boiled Nordic Noir – from one of Norway’s most acclaimed crime writers.

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