THE GUERNSEY NOVELS, by award-winning author Anne Allen. Linked but standalone stories, appealing to fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
THE FAMILY DIVIDED
One family, divided by death β and money
Andy Batiste seeks to unravel his family history. Why did his pregnant grandmother flee to France? What really happened to her husband during the Occupation? Who accused Edmund, the elder son and heir, of being an informer? Was he really a traitor β and who murdered him?
With Edmund's brother Harold now head of the family, enjoying the wealth which should have been Andy's father's, the family is forever divided. Andy wants to clear Edmund's name and restore his father's rightful inheritance.
Andy meets Charlotte Townsend, newly divorced, struggling with writer's block and the threat of impending loss. She returns to Guernsey's health centre, La Folie, and Charlotte becomes involved in Andy's family history.
Together they embark on a hunt for the truth...
ECHOES OF TIME -
WINNER OF THE DIAMOND BOOK AWARD 2017
Echoes of Time, a dual-time story set in the Occupation and present-day Guernsey.
Betrayal, injustice and revenge echo down the years...
1940. Olive marries farmer Bill Falla. The Germans occupy Guernsey.
Olive soon realises she has made a mistake. Her life changes when she meets Wolfgang, a German officer-but there's a price to pay. . .
2010. Natalie Ogier returns to Guernsey escaping an abusive relationship β to be plagued by odd happenings in her beautiful cottage on the site of an old, secluded farm. Disturbing dreams, disembodied voices and uncanny visions from the past. She becomes increasingly ill at ease as someone else's past catches up with her own...
Her only immediate neighbour, Stuart, is the grandson of the original owners, Bill and Olive.
Thrown together in a bid to find out what happened to Olive, can they each survive the repercussions of the past and move on?
THE BETRAYAL
"An absolutely riveting read"
Book Six of The Guernsey Novels is another dual-time story set during the German Occupation and present-day Guernsey.
Treachery and theft lead to death β and love
1940. Teresa Bichard and her baby are sent by her beloved husband, Leo, to England as the Germans draw closer to Guernsey. Days later they invade...
1942. Leo, of Jewish descent, is betrayed to the Germans and is sent to a concentration camp, never to return.
1945. Teresa returns to find Leo did not survive and the family's valuable art collection, including a Renoir, is missing. Heartbroken, she returns to England.
2011. Nigel and his twin Fiona, buy a long-established antique shop in Guernsey and during a refit, find a hidden stash of paintings, including what appears to be a Renoir. Days later, Fiona finds Nigel dead, an apparent suicide. Refusing to accept the verdict, a distraught Fiona employs a detective to help her discover the truth...
Searching for the rightful owner of the painting brings Fiona close to someone who opens a chink in her broken heart. Can she answer some crucial questions before laying her brother's ghost to rest?
Who betrayed Leo?
Who knew about the stolen Renoir?
And are they prepared to kill β again?