Sarah Clarke of The Torbay Bookshop reviews the latest releases.
I was really impressed with Kate Furnivall’s first novel, The Russian Concubine, and equally with her second, Under a Blood Red Sky. Anna and Sofia are two friends struggling to survive in a women’s labour camp in Siberia in 1933. Although their lives are practically unbearable what keeps them alive are the memories of their childhood and family and the strength of their friendship. Sofia manages to escape and pledges to return to free Anna. For fans of historical epic fiction, it doesn’t get much better than this, exciting and atmospheric, with strong and gutsy characters.
Under a Blood Red Sky, Kate Furnivall, Sphere, £6.99, 9780751540444
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