Hemmie Martin
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Attic of the Mind
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2013
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In the Light of Madness (DI Wednesday, #1)
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2013
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Rightful Owner (DI Wednesday, #2)
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2014
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The Divine Pumpkin
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2012
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The Reluctant Mother
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Shadows in the Mind
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Garlic and Gauloises
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This is a beautiful, yet heartbreaking, story with a dual timeline of 1982 and 2022. In 1982, Dawn is a young wife and mother who meets Hazel, who expands and complicates her life beyond belief. The 2022 timeline follows Maggie, whose childhood was bl ...more |
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| This quiet novel felt like a collection of observational short stories from Laura Miller's point of view, as she interacts with an old friend, Edmund Putnam, who has resigned from his job due to office politics. Even though he's much older than Laura ...more | |
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This novel is a quiet exploration of a family coming together to celebrate Thanksgiving. Three sisters, Cait, Alice, and Maggie, are still wrapped in their burden of grief after the suicide of their brother, Topher, twenty years ago. On reuniting at t ...more |
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This is a beautiful Cornish love story spanning thirty-eight years of love and grief for Flo Richards, who has decided she's done with Cornwall and Helston, the town where she grew up. The story is shrouded in mystery for the reader - what happened si ...more |
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This is a powerful and emotional story about a woman surviving the intentional car crash instigated by her husband, who is suffering from mental health issues. The chapters move between before the crash and after the crash, moving towards and away fro ...more |
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Joanne wrote: "Good Morning Hemmie I'm really looking forward to reading your books."
Good morning Joanne, I trust you are having a peaceful Monday. Thank you for your kind comment, I am blushing. 'Pumpkin' has some romance in it, but 'Attic' is more of a dark suspense. I would be interested to know what you think at a later date of course!
Best wishes
Hemmie























































