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In The Dark Anamaría Crowe Serrano
Paperback: Novel 309 pages
ISBN: 9781913598167
Teruel, north-east Spain, winter, 1937. The civil war is raging, pitting neighbour against neighbour, tearing families apart. Franco’s Nationalist rebels have surrounded the devastated, Republican-held city. This is the story of a house, of the people who take refuge there – and a dangerous secret
within. María and her sister Julita mourn their lost loved ones and try to bury their differences. But only one person knows the secret of the house, hidden deep in the dark– a deserter from the conflict, a soldier who has dared to leave the fighting to come home – and the woman who dares to protect him.
Canticle Liz McSkeane
Paperback: Novel 311 pages
ISBN 9780995791633
Fray Juan de la Cruz (John of the Cross) renowned poet, mystic and, with his friend Teresa of Ávila, co-founder of the Discalced Carmelite Order – has been dead for twenty-five years.
Fray Martín de Sepúlveda, Dominican friar and former professor at the University of Salamanca, receives a secret commission: to investigate the life and work of the long dead Fray Juan. As Fray Martín grapples with his investigation and the attentions of the Inquisition, he becomes embroiled in a quest to separate fact from fiction, reality from propaganda. Canticle is a historical detective story that delves into a 400-year old tale of power struggles, political manoeuvring and misinformation.