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The Rose Arbor

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The Rose Arbor

By: Rhys Bowen
Narrated by: Nicola Barber
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An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the best-selling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.

London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper when a young girl’s disappearance captivates the city. If Liz can break the story, it’s her way into the newsroom. She already has a scoop: Her best friend Marisa is a police officer who is assigned to the case.

Liz follows Marisa to Dorset, where they make another disturbing discovery. Over two decades earlier, three girls disappeared while evacuating from London. One was found murdered in the woods near a train line. The other two were never seen again.

As Liz digs deeper, she finds herself drawn to the village of Tydeham, which was requisitioned by the military during the war and left in ruins. After all these years, what could possibly link the missing girls to this abandoned village? And why does a place Liz has never seen before seem so strangely familiar?

©2024 Janet Quin-Harkin, writing as Rhys Bowen (P)2024 Audible, Inc. 20th Century Historical Historical Fiction Mystery England Disappearance War Village

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What’s not to like when a story is well narrated and story line has a lot of intrigue

Storyline right up my street!

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I thought at the beginning I clocked the theme and ending but gladly was proved wrong. Fantastic read, would highly recommend.

Brilliant, keep listening

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Cannot go wrong with a book by Rhys Bowen. Lots of twists and turns throughout the story, making me wonder/think of my own hypothesis of the mysteries in the story. Even now have unanswered questions.
My only very small annoyance was with the use of Americanised language in one certain part of the story (pacifier and diaper) as the story is set in the England and the character’s are British they would have said dummy and nappy.

Full of twists and turns

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