A very enjoyable dual-timeline historical fiction happening in 1940 and in 2021. The print book must be a great comfort read too, but the audio book was just amazing! Sophie Bentinck did such a great job, I'll be looking out for books narrated by her in the future, that's for sure!

This novel has a lot of strong female characters, just the right amount of romance, espionage and digging up family history.

Narrator 5 stars
This narrator was fantastic! She had such a beautiful and soothing voice

Story 3 stars
This story took me a little bit to get into it but got there eventually. It was a beautiful in a time of war.

A good solid story of romance, sadness and bravery.

The story is a well written one with endearing characters and a very good narrator on the audiobook version.

It gives more of a dimension to WWII and is very credible in it’s telling.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for gifting me this arc in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

During the Second World War, people across the world listened for the tolling of Big Ben on their radios. It was a sign that England was still standing strong against the Nazis, a time for people to reflect and pray for the end of the war. Wood’s story is about a fictitious (as far as we know) plot by the Nazis to destroy Big Ben and all that it represented. It’s the story of Nell Spelman, who’s forced to leave London to protect her young daughter from the barrage of bombs raining down on London, at the same time leaving her husband Arthur, Big Ben’s caretaker behind. This is also the story of Ellie in present day New York, who decides to unravel the mystery of the watch that belonged to the grandfather she never knew. This is a beautiful story of courage, belief and the ability of love to overcome evil . The narrator’s presentation of this book is so good. so believable, that she literally becomes the characters she reads