A Place in the Country
St Martin’s Press
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Caroline Evans has left her cheating husband and her high class life behind in Singapore and takes her 15 year old daughter with her. Starting over is not going to be easy but it better than living a lie.
Caroline and Issy end up Oxfordshire, England. They happen upon an English pub where owner Maggie takes them in and has Caroline cooking up a storm in the kitchen in no time. Caroline loves to cook.
Issy makes friends with Maggie’s daughter but she still blames her mother for taking her away from her father and ruining her life.
Their lives take a turn as Caroline decides to follow her dream and create her own Place in the Country while Issy is stuck in that time between being a girl and becoming a young woman and is making some dangerous choices.
Their past also comes up close and personal when someone is murdered and an unexpected visitor comes to visit them in the country.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Elizabeth Adler has given us an engaging and emotional story of a mother and her daughter and the bonds they share.
Caroline is doing what she knows is right no matter how difficult. Issy just wants things to go back to normal. They meet many new people in the country that quickly become friends. Caroline needs to free herself to love again. More than one man wants to be “the man” in her life.
The mystery added to this mix was surprising and exciting. Twists and turns that maneuver they story in a different direction. A direction that shows Caroline how strong she has become since she was at her ex-husband’s beck and call.
The descriptions of the English countryside painted a beautiful picture even when it was raining or foggy. Sounds like A Place in the Country would be a wonderful place to visit.
This is my first read of this author but it won’t be my last. The story gets my highest recommendation.

Elizabeth Adler is a self-confessed romantic, a travel addict and a foodie, all of which she brings to the reader in her novels, along with a tough thrust of suspense and an unfolding mystery that keeps you on your toes.
Elizabeth has lived in many countries and when she’s not writing spends time discovering even more places to bring to you, with her husband, Richard – still in love after all these years – as are the characters featured in her past three novels, Mac Reilly the Malibu PI and Sunny Alvarez, his lover and side kick. You have to read about them to know them! Elizabeth lives in California and has the ability to take you to all those romantic places she knows so well, Capri, Venice, Tuscany, St. Tropez, Monte Carlo, and of course, Malibu. You will feel you are there, with her, sitting on that Italian terrace, sipping that coffee, smelling the delicious food, savoring the heat and the sunshine and the mystery unfolding for you.
Elizabeth is five-three and wishes she were taller, blind as a bat without her glasses that anyway she is too vain to wear, and at 128 lbs till thinking about that diet. She has one daughter, Anabelle who is married to rock musician Eric Avery and two kitties, the Siamese, Sweet Pea who rules the household, and an adorable black cat Sunny.
Find out more about Elizabeth Adler on her website here.
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I have enjoyed Elizabeth Adler’s books for a long time. Her novels take you to some of the most beautiful places in the world, and adds excitement and often intrigue to the visit! Great review, and now I have to go buy it!!! Thanks Dollycas…. : )
Pat, I can’t wait to read more of her novels.
Thanks for the nice review – I am going to have to get the book. It sounds great.
Thanks for the review. This sounds like a great read and has been added to my TBR/Wishlist.
This sounds like exactly my kind of book. The setting sounds terrific. Thank you for your review.