In Farleigh Field (Bowen) - Book Reviews

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In Farleigh Field delivers the same entertainment mixed with intellectual intrigue and realistic setting for which Bowen has earned awards and loyal fans.
New York Journal of Books


Suspenseful and thrilling, with some espionage too, this novel will keep readers deeply involved until the end.
Portland Book Review

Well-plotted and thoroughly entertaining…With characters who are so fully fleshed out, you can imagine meeting them on the street.
Historical Novel Society


This story of war, love, and mystery is extremely suspenseful …both realistic and believable. Through the character’s eyes, readers will be drawn into the era and begin to understand the sacrifices and hardships placed on English society.
Crimespree Magazine


[A] well-crafted, thoroughly entertaining thriller…. The gripping action shifts among Farleigh Place…, London, and various hush-hush locations. Soon it’s a game of spy versus spy, and with every twist and turn, the reader is unsure whom to trust.
Publishers Weekly


In what could easily become a PBS show of its own, Bowen’s novel winningly details a World War II spy game. It features an English aristocrat’s daughter who works at London’s top-secret home of code breakers, Bletchley Park.
Library Journal


The skills Bowen brings to her several mystery series, including Molly Murphy and Royal Spyness, inform the plotting in this character-rich tale, which will be welcomed by her fans as well as by readers who enjoy fiction about the British home front.
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