![]() ![]() Readers will wish Bowen would continue to re-visit them by turning the stand-alone into a series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The main and supporting characters created are very intriguing and engaging. The suspect pool grows as the people of interest include an English POW who escaped, those escaping the German atrocities, Canadians, a governess, and someone who could be a double spy. Many believe his mission was to deliver a mysterious message to a German spy on how to assassinate either the Royal Family or Winston Churchill. They are trying to find out about a German that died parachuting into the countryside. Their carefree youth is contrasted with the dangers of the Nazis. The plot is built around three life long friends: Ben Cresswell, the Vicar’s son, who now serves as a homeland spy Lady Pamela Sutton, the middle daughter of an aristocratic family who decodes German correspondence at Bletchley and Jeremy Prescott, an injured RAF fighter pilot. Inspired by the events of World War II this is a sweeping and riveting stand-alone novel involving class, family, love, and betrayal. The story takes place during 1941 in the English countryside. IN FARLEIGH FIELD by Rhys Bowen is a fact filled historical mystery. ![]()
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