Sisters of Berlin - Juliet Conlin @Julietconlin @bwpublishing @lovebooksgroup #lovebookstours

I'm on the tour for this wonderful book today.

Blurb

Berlin 2014. The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, and the city is gearing up for

a celebration of unity and liberation. But, beneath the surface, are those for whom the

divisions and allegiances of the past remain close to home.

In her hushed and leafy corner of Berlin, Nina’s life is a comfortable, conventional one

– until her younger sister Marie, a free-spirited writer, is attacked and left for dead.

For Nina, Marie’s brutal demise – and that of her unborn child – tips her own carefully

controlled life into a nightmare. Stonewalled by official incompetence and subterfuge,

Nina begins to realise that her sister’s past and the secrets of the once-divided city

are connected in unimaginable ways. As she seeks out justice for Marie, Nina becomes

caught in a tangle of obsessions, lies and hidden truths that threatens to destroy her

marriage, her livelihood and all that she holds dear.

Review

The book begins with Nina and her sister Marie talking. Marie states that everyone is entitled to a secret or two. What Nina doesn't know is she won't see her sister again and maybe she did have a secret or two.

When Nina's sister is found murdered as can be expected her world starts to fall apart. However Nina has a family and her own medical practice, so she needs to keep it together for the sake of them. The book follows Nina as she tries to piece together why her sister died and at whose hands. She thought she knew her sister so well, but things start to come to light which show maybe she did have a secret or two afterall.

At times I felt like I was spiralling down into the book with Nina and her grief, it really hooked me in. The book being set in Berlin really added another dimension to the plot and it was interesting to hear about the East and West, and the subsequent fall out from the wall coming down from an internal point of view.

Running alongside the tale of grief and loss is the mystery of who killed Marie. I had my suspicions but I won't spoil it by telling you what they were. There really is so much packed into this book but the writing is so good you just don't realise it at the time of reading. It's what I would call a tale of everyday writing, but that really is so hard to do, to make it seem natural and real.

I've never been to Berlin but would love to one day, this book really brought it to life for me, although it seems they have a lot of problems with parking!

I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars. My thanks to Love Book Tours and Black & White Publishing for a copy of the book to review.

Author

Juliet Conlin was born in London and grew up in England and Germany. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Durham. She works as a writer and translator and lives with her family in Berlin. Her novels include The Fractured Man (Cargo, 2013), The Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days (Black & White, 2017), The Lives Before Us (Black & White, 2019).

Buy Link

http://blackandwhitepublishing.com/shop.html

Publisher

Black & White Publishing was founded in 1999 by Managing Director Campbell Brown and Publishing Director Alison McBride. Since then, the business has grown into one of Scotland's leading independent publishers with over 300 books in print across a variety of genres. Committed to publishing the best books from the most talented writers in the UK and beyond, some of our bestselling authors include Daniela Sacerdoti, James Robertson, Estelle Maskame, Nick Alexander, Richard Gordon, Alex Norton, Millie Gray, Sally Magnusson and Tony Black. We produce an extensive range of titles, including general non-fiction, biography, sport and humour, as well as selected fiction, young adult and children's books.


This year, we've started an exciting new alliance with PGUK who now provide sales representation for our titles, and GBS continues to distribute our books. Our eBooks are distributed by Faber Factory. Over recent years, our range of fiction has grown following recent eBook successes such as Daniela Sacerdoti's Glen Avich series, which has sold nearly a million copies to date. These new alliances and our e-book successes are helping us shape and develop the list in new ways to bring more exciting new titles to both local and global markets.

Sisters of Berlin by Juliet Conlin @julietconlin @bwpublishing @lovebookstours