The Love Letter

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Pub Date 1 Nov 2018 | Archive Date 26 Jul 2018

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1995, London. When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of 95 he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its core. Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist, assigned to cover the legendary actor’s funeral. The great and the good of the celebrity world are there. But Joanna stumbles on something dark beneath the glamour: the mention of a letter James Harrison has left behind, the contents of which others have been desperate to conceal for over 70 years. As she peels back the veil of lies that has shrouded the secret, she realizes that there are other forces attempting to prevent her from discovering the truth. And they’ll stop at nothing to reach the letter before she does. This title was originally published as Seeing Double.

1995, London. When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of 95 he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so...


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ISBN 9781509825042
PRICE US$14.95 (USD)
PAGES 576

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Thankyou so much to netgalley for this ARC.
Rarely do you come across a book that simply has it all!
Romance, a pageturning plot, likeable characters that you are routing for all the way through and so many twists and turns that you read into the small hours without realising it’s getting light outside!
Lucinda Riley has all the bases covered and no matter what genre you prefer there’s something for everyone.

Cannot wait to read more from this author!

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A superb read! I have always enjoyed Lucinda Riley's novels and this latest is no exception. Set in the 1990's this follows journalist Jo Haslam as she becomes entwined in uncovering what lies behind the strange letter and package she received from a mystery old lady Jo ends up sitting beside at Sir James' memorial service. What Jo needs to find out is what has the famous actor Sir James Harrison and his glamorous grandchildren Marcus & Zoe have to do with all this and why does a catalogue of disasters befall Jo and those around her as the story unfolds?

I could not put this down, a gripping read from start to finish and I really enjoyed the setting of the 1990's, taking me back to my teenage years! Highly recommend this fab book from Lucinda Riley.

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Wow what a page turner first book I've read by Lucinda Riley but won't be the last a brilliant, gripping novel that hooks you from the beginning a great story told brilliantly with plenty of twists and turns all the characters are believable and make this a fantastic read

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Fantastic book, a real page turner that had me totally engrossed from the start. A mixture of love mystery and suspense.
Will certainly look out for more Lucinda Riley books.

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Lucinda Riley is definitely one of my favourite historical fiction writers. Her writing is just so beautiful and captivating. This is no exception.
Our story is set in London, 1995. Sir James Harrison passes away with a devastated family and a secret behind, a big one!
Joanna Haslam is our ambitious journalist, who is assigned to cover the actor's funeral. But, along the way, she discovers some clues that there's more to this funeral. But, of course there are other forces that doesn't want Joanna to uncover this secret.
This book was full of suspense, secrets. twists that I loved it. I would definitely recommend.
Thanks a lot to NetGalley and the publisher Pan Macmillan for granting a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Unputdownable fantastic book.

Jo and Simon have known each other their whole lives, growing up on Yorkshire and both now settled in London, Jo is an aspiring journalist and Simon works for the civil service.

One day Jo is sent on a job to cover the funeral of a well known actor, while there she meets an ailing old lady Rose whom she helps home. A few weeks later a mysterious letter arrives at Jos work from the lady asking her to visit. Jo’s life is immeadiately turned into a spin not knowing who she can trust and on a mission to find out all she can life becomes dangerous for Jo, not knowing who she can trust.

A fantastic book full of twists to keep you guessing until the end.

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I am a huge fan of Lucinda Riley and have been really enjoying her seven sister's saga. So I knew the Love Letter was going to be another one of her epic tales that manages to weave so many strands together.

You know a book is good when you're thinking about it when you're not reading it and when you've finished reading it you think 'well, it COULD'VE happened...' this is a tale of conspiracy at it's highest level and at the root of it is love.

Joanna is a young journalist. eager to prove herself as a hard nosed journalist. She is sent to cover the memorial of 95 year old Sir James Harrison, so far so standard, or so she thinks. At the memorial she helps an old lady home and then stumbles upon the story of the century, a story which leads her to trust no one, including her best friend.

This book has so many twists and turns, some that the writer leads you too quite naturally and can see coming and others that just blow your mind.

I don't want to give too much of the plot away as none of the main players in this tale, other than Joanna are mentioned in the blurb, so I don't want to spoil other's enjoyment of this book by giving too much away...let's just say that it will leave you wondering if truth is stranger than fiction.

I loved this book! This is my honest opinion and thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book.

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I am a big fan of Lucinda Riley ever since I read the first of the Seven Sisters books. I have read many of her books since. I am guaranteed to lose sleep (but its worth it)when I read any new book she releases as I find bit hard to put them down.This book like all books Lucinda writes was awesome. Its probably the quickest I have ever read any of her books as I really wanted to get to the end to know what would happen,a book filled with mystery,suspense,and romance,loved it.

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