The Paris Notebook: An utterly gripping and emotional WW2 historical fiction novel, based on a true story

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When Katja Heinz secures a job as a typist at Doctor Viktor's clinic, she doesn't expect to be copying top secret medical records from a notebook. A wonderfully written, lovely paced book . I read late into the night, couldn't wait to see what happened.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

As well as having a huge amount of danger and suspense, this book also has some emotional scenes. I admit to having very tear-filled eyes while reading some of the scenes. Even though war is looming and eventually does happen, life still progresses. Unexpected meetings and chance events happen and knowing that there is someone that understands what you are going through makes things a little more bearable.

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Emerging from his home into the streets of Oxfordshire, Joseph Makepeace seems to be suffering from convulsions, as his eyes appear open wide, as if he’s witnessed an evil terror. The local residents though are more suspicious and believe him to be possessed by the devil itself, having entered his soul and causing him to act in such a manor. Then his son and daughter are found to have had their heads bashed in with a shovel, as they lie murdered, a discovery which appears to seal the fate of Joseph as the culprit for many. Will Dr. Thomas Silkstone be able to get to the truth and past the superstition? Can he find the real culprit before it’s too late? What will become of them all as they feel the burn of the devil’s breath? I did enjoy so much this book, it is not my first book by Tessa Harris, I really enjoy her writing and her way to bring what you think will be easy to read but there is always an element that will keep you wanting to learn more. TESSA HARRIS read History at Oxford University and has been a journalist, writing for several national newspapers and magazines for more than thirty years. She is the author of nine published historical novels. Her debut, The Anatomist's Apprentice, won the Romantic Times First Best Mystery Award 2012 in the US. She lectures in creative writing at Hawkwood College, Stroud and is married with two children. She lives in the Cotswolds.

Katja secures a role as a typist for Dr Viktor, a man who knows intimately how unbalanced Hitler is and makes it his mission to collate all the information from previous diagnostic records. Moving along the different countries in Europe the book has book around book premise with a key dedication towards the actual historical events. The book explains a few parts while leaving some to be discovered by the reader by themselves. The pacing of the book is pretty slow, although there is plenty of action and lots of supporting characters to keep it interesting; and the twist right at the end does warm your heart. very strong stars⭐️! The Paris Notebook by Tessa Harris began in Hamburg, Germany in 1939. Katja Heinz had become the sole caregiver for her depressed and widowed mother. Thoughts of her dead father still brought tears to Katja’s eyes. Her father had been made an example of during the Nazi book burnings. Katja’s father had written and published a book that scientifically discredited the Nazi’s claim to a superior Aryan race. His book had infuriated the Nazis and caused the Nazis to ban his book. Katja’s father was present during the book burning of 1933. As book after book was thrown into the bonfire, Katja’s father became increasingly angrier and angrier. When he tried to pull a book away from an over zealous Nazi, he was pushed into the bonfire. Katja, who had accompanied her father to the book burning, witnessed her father’s slow and agonizing death. The vision of her father’s suffering would be forever imbedded upon her mind. A unique historical fiction story that stands out from other books in the genre .’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A well researched and compelling read, full of suspense and tension. The fear of the approaching war, and the indignities endured by the Jewish population is emotional ,traumatic, and distressing. A book to make you think. This WWII historical fiction centres around Adolf Hitler’s mysteriously missing psychiatric file from the time he was admitted t