The Clockmaker’s Wife

A page-turner for me. The story of Eleanor Spelman is well written and extremely interesting. I enjoyed the continuity of family in this book.

The Clockmaker’s Wife by Daisy Wood is a Split Time historical thriller novel set in 1940 England and America Present Day. It started a little slow but Eleanor’s story builds quickly and was very exciting. Eleanor‘s granddaughter researches the past and what really happened in 1940‘s London to her grandmother. There are Nazis, plots, spys, suspense, loyalty, family and above all love. I especially enjoyed the historical details of 1940‘s England and the clocks. Intricate plots with well developed characters that had important parts to play in Eleanor’s life story. Daisy Wood is a new author to me but I look forward to reading more of her books. Don’t miss this thrilling book of World War II from a different perspective. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. I appreciate the opportunity and thank the author and publisher for allowing me to read, enjoy and review this book. 5 Stars

This is a fascinating story, covering dual timelines, with Nell in 1940, and her granddaughter, Ellie in 2021. This story is about courage and persistence with amazing details covering life in London during World War II. Nell is still a newlywed, with a small baby daughter named Alice. Her husband, Arthur, is is a clockmaker and his job is to tend to the intricate timepiece that towers over Parliament, better known as Big Ben. When the air raids become worse, and they lose their home to German bombs, Nell decides to take Alice home to the country to live with her mother and father in Oxfordshire. But, when she gets a disturbing phone call from her husband, Arthur, she rushes back to London to find out he’s been arrested. Meanwhile in, Westchester County 2021, Ellie discovers some interesting artifacts in her mother’s purse and decides it’s time to meet her English relatives, and see if she can find out how about the unusual circumstances of her grandmother’s untimely death. This is a gripping historical novel, and although the actual events that led to Nell’s death are fiction, all the details of life during the war in London are accurate, and the vivid details of life in London during the war, are liberally sprinkled into the story. The characters are realistic and have a depth of personality, especially Nell, Alice, and Ellie. The evacuees in Oxfordshire are portrayed wonderfully as amateur spies and explorers. The pacing of this book is excellent, and I can easily call this book a real page-turner. I highly recommend this book to anyone, but especially anyone interesting in historical fiction. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.