Spring is around the corner.
The pussy willows are out in their white fluffy coats.
Tess Delaney restores stolen treasures to their owners. Annelise Winther has her mother's necklace returned worth a good sum will help in her old age.
Dominic Rossi is the messenger who has travelled a ways to tell Tess she is to inherited half an apple orchard. Her half sister Isabel Johansen owns the other half - a sister she did not know she had.
Coming to know the family own business and how differently this group sees life, where family comes first and the roots of history run deep.
The end brings a surprise and the connections comes full circle for Tess.
Another great book!
The restaurant was quiet so we had time to sit and visit and not feel like we should move on till we were ready.
Kate Murray is a Canadian journalist in England covering a trial of a serial killer. On a break waiting for a verdict, she sits on a bench near the Old Bailey court house. She meets a man sitting next to her who says "I have story I could tell you an it has a murder in it as well. An old murder but deserving of justice". Andrew Deacon inquires after her grandmother, leaves her a card then walks away. Minutes later he is dead, hit by a car.
Kate decides to stay in England after the trial and see if she can unravel the mystery which as presented itself. After a bit, it seems this is related to her grandmother's mysterious war-time past and she tries to retrace Andrew's footsteps.
It is dangerous and the people involved are hard to find. Her questions brings attention to issues buried deep and folks are not happy.
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