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2 3 y separately published work icon The Berlin Crossing Kevin Brophy , London : Lume Books , 2020 Z1836070 2012 single work novel thriller 'Secrets and spies, love and tragedy in Stasi East Germany.

Brandenburg 1993: The Berlin Wall is down, the country is reunified and thirty-year-old school teacher Michael Ritter feels his life is falling apart. His wife has thrown him out, his new West German headmaster has fired him for being a socialist, former Party member and he is still clinging on to the wreckage of the state that shaped him. Disenfranchised and disenchanted, Michael heads home to care for his terminally ill mother.

Before she dies, she urges him to seek out an evangelical priest, Pastor Bruck, who is the only one who knows the truth about his father. When Michael eventually tracks him down, he is taken on a journey of dark discoveries, one which will shatter his foundations, but ultimately bring him hope to rebuild them.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon The Tobacconist’s Wife AnneMarie Brear , London : Lume Books , 2020 22126595 2020 single work novel romance historical fiction

'Having lost her father, Thea Goodson is alone in the world.

'It is true she has a husband, but Ernie is a brutal man, more inclined to use his fists to keep Thea in line than to build on their marriage. And besides, Ernie Goodson has secrets – secrets that even his wife cannot share.

'But in Victorian Yorkshire, appearances must be kept up, so Thea goes on powdering her bruises and forcing a smile as she toils in Ernie’s home and tobacco shop. There seems to be no other option.

'That is, until a handsome and well-bred stranger arrives to set up shop next door…

'Can Thea escape her misery and break from the conventions of society? Or will the clutches of her abusive husband confine her forever?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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