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    The Forest of Souls

    By Carla Banks

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    A gripping psychological thriller, taking the reader from 21st century Britain to the darkest days of war-torn Eastern Europe.

    The cries of the innocent echo through the years…

    Her obsession with history has cost Helen Kovacs her life. Helen’s research into the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe was a secret she kept from even her closest friend, Faith Lange. Now Faith, retracing Helen’s last steps, is convinced that the man the police have arrested is not the killer. Journalist Jake Denbigh’s investigations have led him to the same conclusion.

    Faith is disturbed by Denbigh’s digging. Among the refugees from the concentration camps of Minsk were war criminals masquerading as victims. Could Faith’s beloved grandfather Marek be hiding such a secret? And does the reason for Helen’s murder lie in the mass graves of the Kurapaty Forest – or much closer to home?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateJun 25, 2009
    ISBN9780007334490
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    Carla Banks

    Carla Banks is the pseudonym of writer Danutah Reah. She has been an academic for most of her working life and is fascinated by the power of language. She lives in the north of England and now writes full time.

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      This is a surprisingly great read for what appears to be a first novel. It is a mystery which takes place both in the present in a small English University city and in the early years of WWII in Minsk, Russia. Helen Kovacs, a graduate student in history, is murdered while investigating the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe and in particular the horror of Minsk with its concentration camps and many refugees. Were some of those refugees war criminals masquerading as victims? Helen's best friend, Faith, also an historian, picks up the trail. Is her own grandfather, a refugee from Minsk, not what he seems? There are many twists and turns, and dangers for Faith as she slowly unravels the story.