Amagansett - Mark Mills

The Information Officer - Mark Mills

The "Information Officer" of Mark Mills s novel is Max Chadwick, a British officer stationed on the island of Malta during the Second World War. His job is to decide what news can be passed on to the islanders and the troops based there and, of course, what must remain secret. The situation in Malta is grim; the island is under heavy bombardment by German and Italian planes and it is proving very difficult to bring reinforcements to the island. The weight on Max s shoulders grows heavier when his friend Freddie, an army medic, tells him that he believes there is a serial killer murdering young Maltese women and that he suspects that the culprit is a British ...

The Information Officer - Mark Mills

The "Information Officer" of Mark Mills s novel is Max Chadwick, a British officer stationed on the island of Malta during the Second World War. His job is to decide what news can be passed on to the islanders and the troops based there and, of course, what must remain secret. The situation in Malta is grim; the island is under heavy bombardment by German and Italian planes and it is proving very difficult to bring reinforcements to the island. The weight on Max s shoulders grows heavier when his friend Freddie, an army medic, tells him that he believes there is a serial killer murdering young Maltese women and that he suspects that the culprit is a British ...

The Savage Garden - Mark Mills

The Savage Garden is a 2007 novel written by Mark Mills. It is set mostly in 1958 Italy particularly in the Tuscany region. I read it last week after finding it in a sale at my local library and though was slightly intrigued was not exactly impressed. ~Plot~ When Adam Strickland, a bright but quite lazy history student at Cambridge University, leaves England for Tuscany he is blissfully unaware of the thrills that await him. He is sent by his Professor to write a unique thesis on a very special garden belonging to the noble Docci family. Created in 1577 by one Federico Docci in memory of his wife who died as a young woman the garden has many secrets that need to be ...

The Savage Garden - Mark Mills

The Savage Garden is a 2007 novel written by Mark Mills. It is set mostly in 1958 Italy particularly in the Tuscany region. I read it last week after finding it in a sale at my local library and though was slightly intrigued was not exactly impressed. ~Plot~ When Adam Strickland, a bright but quite lazy history student at Cambridge University, leaves England for Tuscany he is blissfully unaware of the thrills that await him. He is sent by his Professor to write a unique thesis on a very special garden belonging to the noble Docci family. Created in 1577 by one Federico Docci in memory of his wife who died as a young woman the garden has many secrets that need to be ...