Beyond a Broken Sky

By: Suzanne Fortin

Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard

Some secrets are better left buried…

2022. Stained-glass expert Rhoda Sullivan is called to Telton Hall to examine a window designed by an Italian prisoner of war during WWII. It should be a quick job but when she and the owner's son, Nate Hartwell, discover a body underneath one of the flagstones in the chapel, Rhoda cannot let the mystery go. She knows what it's like to miss someone who is missing—her twin brother disappeared just before their 18th birthday, and she has been looking for him for nearly a decade. But when the threats start, it's clear someone doesn't want the secrets of Telton Hall to come to light.

1945. Alice Renshaw is in trouble. Pregnant and alone she is sent away to hide her shame and taken in by Louise Hartwell who has a farm in Somerset worked by prisoners of war. As the weeks pass, Alice finds solace in new friendships, but not everyone at Telton Hall is happy about it. And even though peace has been declared in Europe, the war at home is only just beginning...

©2022 Suzanne Fortin (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing

Interesting but not what I expected

The story is interesting. It moves back and forth between 1945 and 2022 England.

It is mainly a mystery about an 80 year old body that is found when a stained glass window is to be repaired and moved.

It held my attention but it was a bit predictable.

I had hoped they would get into how the window was made, the physics behind it and how was repaired. It was the main reason I purchased the book. It was never discussed except fhat it was an Italian POW who made the window when the original one was knocked out in a storm in 1945.