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All books receiving a Chill with a Readers' Award in July will automatically be considered for Book Cover of the Month.
Friday, 1 July 2022
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Book of the MONTH - June
Book of the Month
June
June
“In the half-light of a new day, the city resembled a macabre scene from hell. The gay Vienna of her youth had disappeared – vanished as utterly as if it had never existed.”
Vienna 1938: Austria’s leading couturier, Christina Lehmann, sits at the pinnacle of Viennese society. Her lover, the renowned painter, Max Hauser, is at the height of his career. But Max harbours a secret, and it is only a matter of time before the Gestapo finds out. The situation takes a dramatic turn on Kristallnacht, when the pogrom against the Austrian Jews escalates and one of Christina’s Jewish seamstresses is brutally murdered.
In order to protect both Max and her couture house, Christina begins a double life, plunging her into the shadowy world of Nazi oppression, fear, and mistrust fuelled by ancient hatreds.
As Vienna descends into chaos, hunger and disillusionment, will her deception be enough to save Max – or will it end in tragedy?
Based on actual events, this is an epic story of courage and resilience. It is the kind of book that wraps around your soul and leaves an impression.
Pages: 328
Genre: War & Military Action Fiction
Saturday, 25 June 2022
The Cornish Connection by Amanda James
The Cornish Connection
by
Amanda James
has RECEIVED a
A PREMIER Readers’ Award
Were the characters strong and engaging?
Was the book well written?
Did the story / plot have you turning the page to find out what happened next?
Was the ending satisfying?
Premier Readers’ Award is honoured to books that receive exceptional high evaluations from Chill Readers.
This book is shortlisted for Book of the Month.
This book is shortlisted for Book of the Month.
Where extraordinary things happen...you'll find Nancy Cornish
Nancy and Charlie Cornish are happily married and live in Padstow, Cornwall. Nancy works in The Whistling Kettle Cafe and Charlie is a DS in the Truro police. Charlie's a down to earth Cornishman, while Nancy, seemingly an ordinary member of her community, has an extraordinary gift. She is able to make psychic connections with those who have passed, and objects belonging to those still living.
Charlie mostly tries to ignore that aspect of his wife's personality, he can’t abide all that ‘mumbo jumbo’ as he calls it. Then, out of the blue, Nancy leaves her job and decides her mission in life is to use her gift to help others. This is not what Charlie signed up for, and he lets Nancy know about his feelings in no uncertain terms. That is, until he realises she might be a very useful detective...
Helping Charlie find a missing teenager boosts Nancy’s confidence, and makes her determined to continue her work. People come to see her because they want her to find a long-lost friend or relative, an object that is dear to them, or a pet who’s gone missing. Helping people find happiness is Nancy’s main aim. Charlie, however, wants her to help him solve crimes.
Will the couple find some common ground? Or will their connection be broken?
Pages: 366
Genre: Women's Fiction
The Cornish Connection
was read and evaluated by THREE Chill's readers against the following...
Were the characters strong and engaging?
Was the book well written?
Did the story / plot have you turning the page to find out what happened next?
Was the ending satisfying?
Would you recommend to someone who reads this kind of story?
Monday, 20 June 2022
Handler by Terry Wilkinson
Handler
by
Terry Wilkinson
has RECEIVED a
A PREMIER Readers’ Award
Were the characters strong and engaging?
Was the book well written?
Did the story / plot have you turning the page to find out what happened next?
Was the ending satisfying?
Premier Readers’ Award is honoured to books that receive exceptional high evaluations from Chill Readers.
This book is shortlisted for Book of the Month.
This book is shortlisted for Book of the Month.
1941, England.
English actor Howard Wesley has fallen in love with 1930s Berlin and made it his home. He is approached by German intelligence with the offer of his biggest and most dangerous role ever. Who better than a native Englishman to facilitate Hitler’s plans to invade Britain?
But on arrival in Britain, Wesley’s plans start to go awry when he finds himself being pursued by MI5 agent Albert Stokes, himself recently plucked from obscurity as a bank clerk. The agent’s brief is to hunt down enemy spies and Fifth Columnists by posing as Hitler’s man in London.
As the danger of invasion grows by the day, can both men survive the suspicions surrounding them? When both become embroiled in the inexplicable bombing of a lemonade factory and the disappearance of an RAF Hurricane, events only grow more convoluted.
In a race against time, RAF Fighter Command strive to prevent the theft of a second fighter - and the net is closing in on the handler.
Pages: 479
Genre: War & Military Action Fiction
Handler
was read and evaluated by THREE Chill's readers against the following...
Were the characters strong and engaging?
Was the book well written?
Did the story / plot have you turning the page to find out what happened next?
Was the ending satisfying?
Would you recommend to someone who reads this kind of story?
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
The Viennese Dressmaker by Kathryn Gauci
The Viennese Dressmaker
by
Kathryn Gauci
has RECEIVED a
A PREMIER Readers’ Award
Were the characters strong and engaging?
Was the book well written?
Did the story / plot have you turning the page to find out what happened next?
Was the ending satisfying?
Premier Readers’ Award is honoured to books that receive exceptional high evaluations from Chill Readers.
This book is shortlisted for Book of the Month.
This book is shortlisted for Book of the Month.
“In the half-light of a new day, the city resembled a macabre scene from hell. The gay Vienna of her youth had disappeared – vanished as utterly as if it had never existed.”
Vienna 1938: Austria’s leading couturier, Christina Lehmann, sits at the pinnacle of Viennese society. Her lover, the renowned painter, Max Hauser, is at the height of his career. But Max harbours a secret, and it is only a matter of time before the Gestapo finds out. The situation takes a dramatic turn on Kristallnacht, when the pogrom against the Austrian Jews escalates and one of Christina’s Jewish seamstresses is brutally murdered.
In order to protect both Max and her couture house, Christina begins a double life, plunging her into the shadowy world of Nazi oppression, fear, and mistrust fuelled by ancient hatreds.
As Vienna descends into chaos, hunger and disillusionment, will her deception be enough to save Max – or will it end in tragedy?
Based on actual events, this is an epic story of courage and resilience. It is the kind of book that wraps around your soul and leaves an impression.
Pages: 328
Genre: War & Military Action Fiction
The Viennese Dressmaker
was read and evaluated by THREE Chill's readers against the following...
Were the characters strong and engaging?
Was the book well written?
Did the story / plot have you turning the page to find out what happened next?
Was the ending satisfying?
Would you recommend to someone who reads this kind of story?
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