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The Woman In The Green Dress
The Woman In The Green Dress | Tea Cooper
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For readers who loved Remarkable Creatures, The Naturalist's Daughter and The Birdman's Wife comes The Woman in the Green Dress... 1853 Mogo Creek, NSW Della Atterton, bereft at the loss of her parents, is holed up in the place she loves best: the beautiful Hawkesbury in New South Wales. Happiest following the trade her father taught her, taxidermy, Della has no wish to return to Sydney. But the unexpected arrival of Captain Stefan von Richter on a quest to retrieve what could be Australia's first opal, precipitates Della's return to Sydney and her Curio Shop of Wonders, where she discovers her enigmatic aunt, Cordelia, is selling more than curiosities to collectors. Strange things are afoot and Della, a fly in a spider's web, is caught up in events with unimaginable consequences 1919 Sydney, NSW When London teashop waitress Fleur Richards inherits land and wealth in Australia from her husband, Hugh, killed in the war, she wants nothing to do with it. After all, accepting it will mean Hugh really is dead. But Hugh's lawyer is insistent, and so she finds herself ensconced in the Berkeley Hotel on Bent St, Sydney, the reluctant owner of a Hawkesbury property and an old curio shop, now desolate and boarded up. As the real story of her inheritance unravels, Fleur finds herself in the company of a damaged returned soldier Kip, holding a thread that takes her deep into the past, a thread that could unravel a mystery surrounding an opal and a woman in a green dress; a green that is the colour of envy, the colour buried deep within an opal, the colour of poison
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bookandbedandtea
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I didn't like this quite a well as the last book I read by this author. I really liked the storyline and characters from the 1853 timeline but wasn't into the 1918 timeline. I wish the book had focused on the first plot and done more justice to those characters. Dividing the story meant we got the beginning of the interesting plot and the end but none of the meat in the middle. Soft pick.

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LapReader
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Mehso-so

Oh how I ❤️ summer & especially summer holidays. I‘ve been frying myself silly for days ☀️ & have a red bum to prove it. This is my swimming hole in my front yard & most of the time I don‘t have to share it which is fantastic. The green of the cover woman‘s dress reminds me of the brilliant green on the rocks. Much more vibrant in real life. Slippery! I hope you all had a wonderful covid Christmas & that your new year is an improvement on 2021.

CarolynM Lovely spot 😍 2y
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nichollinlove
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This alluring historical fiction blended the perfect amount of light romance, humor, sadness and mystery to make for an endearing story that sated both my heart and my mind.

Outstanding imagery and a lovely ride.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

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TCFG16
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Pickpick

The Woman in the Green Dress by #TeaCooper is a superb story that I highly recommend. Check out my thoughts, then purchase a copy for yourself today! #MustRead #HistoricalRomance #Suspense @ThomasNelson

https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2020/06/30/the-woman-in-the-green-dress-2018/

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McCombsonMain
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I love opportunities to review books by authors I‘ve not previously read. Tea Cooper has written several novels, but The Woman in the Green Dress is the first one I‘ve come across. This was an opportunity to read something set in a place I was blessed to visit over 30 years ago, written by a woman who lives in and knows well the state of New South Wales.
Full review: https://mccombsonmain.com/2020/06/17/green-dress-cooper/

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intothehallofbooks
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This is a historical mystery with two timelines: 1853 and 1919. Australian author and setting!

I never could have predicted how things would play out in this story. I had some suspicions about how all of the characters were related but the big reveals were a total shock to me. I used an online map of Australia to track the characters‘ travels. Loved the author‘s note at the end detailing how much of this story is based on truth.

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Abailliekaras
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Has anyone noticed the green dress trend on book covers? Has this always been a thing - I feel like I‘m seeing green dresses everywhere all of a sudden. Gorgeous artwork but who or what started it? 🤔💚

marleed Interesting! Yesterday, I thought of asking if anyone else had noticed how often Evelyn or Evvie where the names of MCs in new fiction. Sometimes they even where a green dress! 5y
Abailliekaras @marleed So many Evelyns! 5y
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