The spy coastMaggie Bird is a lot of things. A chicken farmer. A courteous neighbor. And a seemingly average 60 year old woman living a quiet life in bucolic Purity, Maine. She attends a weekly book club where she drinks martinis (stirred, not shaken) with her other retired friends. She's a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past. When a mysterious woman turns up dead in Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been

the political debate over Brexit seems as intense and as complicated as ever

Alfred the Great's daughter and the only female ruler of a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon history

Ltd was incorporated in 1898 and went on to build more railways

waves goodbye to her husband

but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries

his past regrets

There's just one problem - Hal's real grandparents died over 20 years ago

It wasn't that he hadn't enough coal in his fire

led him into trouble

this book is an enthralling journey through this new research

he soon realizes that nothing is quite what it seems

combined in a beautifully written and very human story