In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World War II: novel

✍ Scribed by Rhys Bowen

• Publisher: Amazon Pub
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 215 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic, and stylishlike binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater. Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author

Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel, and the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery.

World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a German spy. The assignment also offers Ben the chance to be near Lord Westerhams middle daughter, Pamela, whom he furtively loves. But Pamela has her own secret: she has taken a job at Bletchley Park, the British code-breaking facility.

As Ben follows a trail of spies and traitors, which may include another member of Pamelas family, he discovers that some within the realm have an appalling, history-altering agenda. Can he, with Pamelas help, stop them before England falls?

Inspired by the events and people of World War II, writer Rhys Bowen crafts a sweeping and riveting saga of class, family, love, and betrayal.

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Review

well-crafted, thoroughly entertaining thrillera game of spy versus spy, and with every twist and turn, the reader is unsure whom to trust. *Publishers Weekly*

The skills Bowen brings to her several mystery series, including Molly Murphy and Royal Spyness, inform the plotting in this character-rich tale, which will be welcomed by her fans as well as by readers who enjoy fiction about the British home front. *Booklist*

In what could easily become a PBS show of its own, Bowens novel winningly details a World War II spy game. It features an English aristocrats daughter who works at Londons top-secret home of code breakers, Bletchley Park, and a number of others with high-stakes plots and plans. *Library Journal*

Suspenseful and thrilling, with some espionage too, this novel will keep readers deeply involved until the end. *Portland Book Review*

In Farleigh Field delivers the same entertainment mixed with intellectual intrigue and realistic setting for which Bowen has earned awards and loyal fans. New York Journal of Books

Well-plotted and thoroughly entertainingWith characters who are so fully fleshed out, you can imagine meeting them on the street Historical Novel Society

This story of war, love, and mystery is extremely suspenseful... both realistic and believable. Through the characters eyes, readers will be drawn into the era and begin to understand the sacrifices and hardships placed on English society. *Crimespree Magazine*

A thrill a minutehighly recommend. Night Owl Reviews, Top Pick

Riveting *Military Press*

"Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic and stylish - like binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater." Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author

In Farleigh Field is brilliant. The plotting is razor sharp and ingenious, the setting in World War Two Britain is so tangible its eerie. The depth and breadth of character is astonishing. They're likeable and repulsive and warm and stand-offish. And oh, so human. And so relatable. All this would be enough to propel In Farleigh Field to the top of your favourites list, but what truly distinguishes this book, indeed all her books, is the quality of writing. Rhys Bowen is one of the very best fiction writers of the day. With a deep understanding of the wounded human heart, and an uncanny ability to capture the quiet emotions and the grand scale of war, she rises above her contemporaries. This is magnificently written and a must read. Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author

Irresistible, charming and heartbreakingly authentic. Rhys Bowens knowing voice transports Downton fans into a unputdownable family sagaa compelling journey through history, loss, honor and love. When war gets personal, every heart is in peril. Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of *Say No More*

About the Author

Rhys Bowen is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty mystery novels. Her work includes the Molly Murphy mysteries, set in 1900s New York City, and the lighter Royal Spyness novels, featuring a minor royal in 1930s England. She also wrote the Constable Evans mysteries, about a police constable in contemporary Wales.

Bowens work has won fourteen honors to date, including multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. Her books have been translated into many languages, and she has fans around the world, including twelve thousand Facebook followers. A transplanted Brit, Bowen divides her time between California and Arizona.