Review: A web of deceit, lies and ultimate betrayal.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
Verified Purchase(What is this?)This review is from: THE THRESHING CIRCLE (Kindle Edition)Oh my, what a read! I have to say, I skipped sleep because I couldn't bear not knowing what would come next. I know my review will not do the story justice, so, I will just try my best. I have read very good books this year, but this is actually the first book that had the 'wow' factor for me and stayed with me a little bit longer after I finished it.The background is Crete today, but the root of the story is Crete, May 1942 when a young English artist, Marianna, is hanged by the Germans as a 'spy' and her baby daughter, Athena, left alone in her cot to starve to death. She is crying when a shadowy figure steps into in the house to silence her.Life continues on the island, with its blood feuds and nothing much is changed. Until the day a couple arrives in a little tourist town, Chania, and the young woman bears a striking resemblance to the young woman hanged sixty years ago. It is just impossible and yet.... Kirsty, a Scottish expat, owner of a little cafe, is strangely attracted to them and feels the strong need to befriend them as she can sense they are looking for something.The Threshing Circle is a story of deep forbidden love, jealousy and vendetta, bitter betrayal and the search for the truth but also, undying loyalty. There is not a boring moment in this book. From the beginning to the end, we are entangled in a web of deceit and doubt.I recommend The Threshing Circle to everyone who likes a page turner - yes, I know, so cliché but true. Believe me, this is a book that will leave you breathless. Well, it did me. It will take you deep into the forbidding mountains of Crete, secret prisons, abandoned villages on a span of two generations. It is not a soft book, there is violence in it. Physical violence and emotional violence. Oh yes, well worth the read.