The History Book Club discussion

62. by Miriam Grace Monfredo

Date Finished: December 10
Genre: Historial Mystery
Rating: B+
Review: In the shadow of the looming Civil War, Glynis Tryon works to solve the murder of a prominent Seneca Falls citizen and clear the young indentured servant believed to have committed the crime. Some nice twists and turns in this one.

63. by Kate Morton

Date Finished: December 14
Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery
Rating: A
Review: Edie's exploration of her mother's childhood during WWII leads her to an old castle in Kent, inhabited by three spinster sisters with lots of secrets. Great writing and lots of suspense in this Gothic inspired tale.

64. by J.L. Carr

Date Finished: December 20
Genre: Fiction/Literature
Rating: A
Review: "In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church. Living in the bell tower, surrounded by the resplendent countryside of high summer, and laboring each day to uncover an anonymous painter's depiction of the apocalypse, Birkin finds that he himself has been restored to a new, and hopeful, attachment to life. But summer ends, and with the work done, Birkin must leave. Now, long after, as he reflects on the passage of time and the power of art, he finds in his memories some consolation for all that has been lost." - Goodreads Summary

A wonderful and charming story.

A good reading year for you, Donna. Thanks for participating. We will be setting up the 2014 challenge very soon.