Book Synopsis:
It’s 1952 and Soviet troops control British streets after winning the Second World War.
After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany, and only rescued by Russian soldiers arriving from the east and Americans from the west. The two superpowers divide the nation between them, a wall running through London like a scar.
On the Soviet side of the wall, Jane Cawson calls into her husband’s medical practice, hoping to surprise him. But instead she detects the perfume worn by his former wife, Lorelei, star of propaganda films for the new Marxist regime.
Jane rushes to confront them, but soon finds herself caught up in the glamorous actress’s death.
Her husband Nick is arrested for murder. Desperate to clear his name, Jane must risk the attention of the brutal secret police as she follows a trail of corruption right to the highest levels of the state.
And she might find she never really knew her husband at all.
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My Review:
Liberation Square is an utterly gripping, realistic thriller that I really enjoyed reading. I’ve always been a huge fan of both dystopian fiction and historical fiction so this book appealed to me greatly.
The book is based in London in 1952 in a world where Britain lost the second world war which means the UK is divided into two parts with a wall separating the Soviet run and American run sides. The situation is similar to that which Berlin found itself in at the end of the war and it’s this similarity, along with a still recognisable London that makes this book so chilling. It is a very realistic book which helps add to the reader’s interest in the story as it is very believable.
The characters are fabulous and help to draw the reader quickly into the story. I quickly warmed to the characters in the story and wanted to keep reading as I cared about what happened to them. The story cleverly builds with the reader believing one thing about the main characters to be true before abruptly changing directions, making the reader question everything they thought they knew. This helps keep the reader firmly on their toes and ensures that the book is impossible to put down.
The pace in this book is quite intense at times as there is lots going on to keep the reader’s interest. There are lots of twists and turns that took me by surprise which I always enjoy as I read quite a lot of books it hard to do. Historical fiction fans will also enjoy the great historical details the author has included into the story as real events and real historical characters truly help bring the period to life.
Huge thanks to Jenny Platt for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book which I received in exchange for an honest review. If you like historical thrillers or dystopian fiction then you’ll love this book!
About The Book:
Gareth Rubin is an author and journalist who has written for most British national newspapers. He lives in London, and Liberation Square is his first novel.
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