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The Cartographer's Secret
The Cartographer's Secret | Tea Cooper
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A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, 1880. Evie Ludgrove loves to chart the landscape around her homehardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her fathers obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. So when an advertisement appears in The Bulletin magazine offering a thousand-pound reward for proof of where Leichhardt met his fate, Evie is determined to use her fathers papers to unravel the secret. But when Evie sets out to prove her theory, she vanishes without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that haunts her family for thirty years. Letitia Rawlings arrives at the family estate in her Ford Model T to inform her great-aunt Olivia of a loss in their family. But Letitia is also escaping her own problemsher brothers sudden death, her mothers scheming, and her dissatisfaction with the life planned out for her. So when Letitia discovers a beautifully illustrated map that might hold a clue to the fate of her missing aunt, Evie Ludgrove, she sets out to discover the truth. But all is not as it seems, and Letitia begins to realize that solving the mystery of her familys past could offer as much peril as redemption. A gripping historical mystery for fans of Kate Morton and Natasha Lesters The Paris Seamstress, The Cartographers Secret follows a young womans quest to heal a family rift as she becomes entangled in one of Australias greatest historical puzzles. A galvanizing, immersive adventure . . . forcing the characters to reckon with the choice found at the crux of passion and loyalty and the power of shared blood that can either destroy or heal. Joy Callaway, international bestselling author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society Daphne du Maurier Award Winner, 2021 Historical story with both romance and mystery Full-length, stand-alone novel (c. 104,000 words) Includes discussion questions for book clubs
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annahenke
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Catching up on 2023 reviews!

This historical fiction novel is a slow burn mystery that I enjoyed overall. A young woman in the 1920s sets out to solve an old family mystery and heal the rift between her mother and aunt after her brother‘s death. She find unexpected secrets, a handsome drover, and an adventure into the unknown. Set in Australia!

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BookNAround
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The story of two Australian women thirty years apart who don‘t always conform to their time‘s expectations of them, this is well done historical fiction with a side of family secrets and an unsolved disappearance. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2021/12/review-cartographers-secret-by-tea.html

annahenke Sounds great! 2y
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SilverShanica
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 365 and marks the end of this literary journey. I hope you‘ve enjoyed it as much as I have!
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BookNAround
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About to start this one although it‘ll get put down for “The Game” in the not too distant future. To be honest, I only care about the outcome because my family cares deeply, otherwise I‘d be content to just read my book.