books in order

Eliza Graham Books In Order

Rachel Pearse Books In Order

  1. Blitz Kid (2013)

Novels

  1. Playing with the Moon (2007)
  2. Restitution (2008)
  3. Jubilee (2010)
  4. The History Room (2012)
  5. The One I Was (2014)
  6. Another Day Gone (2016)
  7. The Lines We Leave Behind (2018)
  8. The Truth in Our Lies (2019)
  9. You Let Me Go (2021)

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Eliza Graham Books Overview

Playing with the Moon

Shattered by a recent bereavement, Minna and husband Tom retreat to an isolated village on the Dorset coast, seeking the solitude that will allow them to cope with their loss and rebuild their foundering marriage. Walking on the beach one day, they unearth a human skeleton. It is a discovery which will plunge Minna into a mystery which will consume her for months to come. The remains are soon identified as those of Private Lew Campbell, a black American GI who, it seems, drowned during a wartime exercise in the area half a century before. Growing increasingly preoccupied with the dead soldier’s fate, Minna befriends a melancholy elderly woman, Felix, who lived in the village during the war. As Minna coaxes Felix s story from her, it becomes clear that the old woman knows more about the dead GI than she initially let on.

Restitution

February 1945. Europe is in ruins and the Red Army is searing its way across Germany’s eastern marches, revenging itself upon a petrified population. The war is over, but for some the fight for survival is only just beginning. Alix, the aristocratic daughter of a German resistance fighter, is alone and desperate to flee before the Reds come. But when a ferocious snowstorm descends she must return to the shelter of her abandoned ancestral home. There, she is shocked to find her childhood sweetheart Gregor. As old passions are rekindled, a couple break into the house to hide the man, dressed in Gestapo uniform, is a stranger, but his companion is altogether more familiar. By morning, the blizzard has died down but the Reds are back. The woman and her Na*zi escort are dead, and Gregor has vanished. Alone and terrified, Alix runs for her life, and embarks upon an extraordinary and heartbreaking journey. It will take sixty years and the fall of another empire Communism before the riddles of that fateful night can be deciphered. ‘Restitution‘ is a memorable novel about love and betrayal, hatred and heroism a reminder that, even in the worst of times, the most courageous acts of kindness are possible.

Jubilee

It’s the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, and Rachel and her aunt Evie are celebrating with the crowds on the village green. The scene is tranquil, but Rachel and her aunt can never forget what happened exactly twenty-five years ago. On that day, Evie’s young daughter Jessamy vanished. She hasn’t been seen since. Soon after, news comes of Evie’s sudden death, and Rachel must return to the village to deal with her aunt’s estate. The extraordinary story she uncovers there will change everything. It is a story of departure and return, of atrocity and betrayal, of unrequited love and the dreadful legacy of war.

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