Marilyn Jenkins

I'd like to thank Sheller whose review drew me to this book. Whoever reads my reviews will know I love books about the second world war . In fact the period is only a part of the story of Alice Waters. What is so good about the novel is the way the past and and the present are linked together. Although a poisoner is not easy to forgive, the tragic Alice Waters became for me a kind of Tess of the D'Urbevilles. She is both tragic and forgiveable. The characters - past and present are vivid and believable. This writer is a real find. I can't find anything else she has written b ut I hope she produces more.… (meer)

I haven't come across a book like this for ages. Instead of a thin plot and plastic characters, Jenkins weaves a nov el from past to present in a way that grips you to the end. It tells the tragic story of the poisoner Alice Waters hanged just after the second world war and her daughter's search for the truth in 1999. The miracle is t hat by the end, we understand why she turned to murder and I symapathised with Alice. Jenkins is a Welsh writer and the Welsh background adds an extra dimension. SUPERB… (meer)