Should You Ask Me

Hardback Published on: 18/05/2017
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Synopsis

'I've come about the bodies. I know who they are.'

Just before D-Day in 1944, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, an elderly woman walks into a police station. She has information, she says, about human remains recently discovered nearby.

The bodies could have stayed buried for ever - like the pain and passion that put them there. But Mary Holmes is finally ready to tell the truth.

The young constable sent to take her statement is still suffering from the injuries that ended his army career. As he tries to make sense of her tale, William finds himself increasingly distracted. Mary's confession forces his own violent memories to the surface - betrayals and regrets as badly healed as his war wounds.

Over six days, as pressure builds for the final push in Europe, two lives reveal their secrets. Should You Ask Me is a captivating story about people at their worst and best: raw, rich, and utterly compelling.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9781473639331
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 221 x 154 x 28 mm
  • Weight: 412g
  • Languages: English

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Should You Ask Me
Nostalgia & Pathos
This is an unusual and quirky story set in wartime 1944 with two past timelines giving the personal lives of Mary and William. William was injured earlier... READ MORE
Angela Rose
Should You Ask Me
This is a beautiful book. It is well written, well researched, and fits the time period perfectly
In a small village in Dorset, 1944, two bodies have been unearthed, bodies that look like they have been buried for many years. At Wareham Police Station,... READ MORE
Whispering Stories
Should You Ask Me
liked it a little
The author Marianne Kavanagh was inspired to write Should You Ask Me by a story in Rodney Legg's Purbeck Island, and photographs in Purbeck Camera by Mike ... READ MORE
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