An eccentric but ostensibly brilliant author has a new book ready for translation. She summons her equally odd but insightful translators to her home on the edge of the Bialowieza forest reserve in Poland. They all get together, go through the manuscript and spend all day translating from Polish into their respective languages. But this…
“February, a form pale-vestured, wildly fair. One of the North Wind’s daughters with icicles in her hair.” ― Edgar Fawcett
When it is confirmed that her sister did not survive the Arctic, Maude is secretly given her sister’s journal by a sympathetic representative within the Admiralty. She determines to discover and expose the truth.
These were my favorite reads of 2023.
I hope between the frantic traveling, parade watching, and air mattress sleeping you have some time for relaxation with a good book. Delve into these creepy, cozy books from around the world.