In the hybrid genre of mystery, historical fiction and a splash of romantic setting, the Australian Kate morton leads the baton with great novels that are hooked by the plot but also by the sum of plot lines. And that's where we find similar wavelengths with a nascent bibliography of Susanne goga which also makes us enjoy historical fictions pointing to a greater extent to the mystery as sustenance and to that romantic touch of recent times as a complement.
If anything, Goga tends more to darkened suspense, to suspicion of crimes or disappearances without any signs of a solution. But the point is that each mystery is an adventure in every way. And in each of these Goga novels we find unexpected travel companions and unexpected turns. So that the proposal does not wane, Goga always offers the promise of a great secret to be reached in its last pages. And so everything flows with the rhythm of the good best-selling novels.
Top 3 Recommended Novels by Susanne Goga
The Mystery of Chalk Hill
The narrative paradigm of the house as a dual phenomenon exploited perfectly. Home for some and a strange place for others. Any house that is shown to us from the elements can present itself to us as a refuge or a disturbing covered space. In one way or another, the houses and homes that are made up inside carry secrets of greater or lesser importance ...
The first time Charlotte stands in front of the beautiful Chalk Hill mansion, in the green hills of Surrey, she is breathless: the imposing villa, crowned by a tower and surrounded by century-old trees, is the most fascinating place she has seen. never. There she hopes to start a new life after having to leave Berlin due to a scandal that has compromised her reputation as a governess.
She has been called in to take care of little Emily, but soon Charlotte realizes that a strange atmosphere hangs over the house: the silence is almost unreal, Emily's father is cold and reserved and the girl suffers terrible nightmares since the tragic disappearance of his mother. Concerned for Emily's sake, she tries to find out more about Lady Ellen's death, but no one on Chalk Hill seems prepared to break the silence. Only with the help of journalist Thomas Ashdown will Charlotte be able to face the dark truth behind her ancient walls.
Riverview College's Secret
As indicated in the promo for the novel "A labyrinth under the city of London, a missing student and a young woman in search of an ancient secret." An enumeration to awaken curiosity about how everything fits together: a labyrinth, a missing student, a young woman, a secret. Puzzle of characters and elements that invites you to read until everything fits.
London, 1900. After the death of her parents, Matilda Gray promised to become a strong and independent woman and has finally achieved her dream of teaching at an all-girls school, the prestigious Riverview College.
When her favorite student, Laura, stops going to class, Matilde senses that the girl is in danger. Her disappearance was too sudden and her legal guardian's excuses too flimsy. A message hidden in a postcard from Italy puts Matilda on the girl's trail. Her research leads her to the historian Stephen Fleming and, with him, to an ancient secret hidden in the most remote corners of the city.
Leonardo's manuscript
England 1821: Georgina Fielding is a young woman of marriageable age, but she is interested in Geology much more than finding the ideal husband. The enigma contained in the valuable collection of fossils and the mysterious diary that he has just inherited will arouse his curiosity and, with the help of the travel writer Justus von Arnau, he will set out to solve it track by track.
The most indecipherable riddle will be, however, the one posed by a lonely page, part of an unknown manuscript, written in mirror script, inverted, just like the works of Leonardo da Vinci ... And with disturbing content ... Susanne Goga invites us to delve into the origins of that revolutionary branch of science that, at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, undermined the foundations of the Christian faith: Geology.
However, Leonardo's Manuscript also tells the moving story of a young woman who rebels against conventions and risks her reputation in order to unravel the enigma of her origin… And to achieve the happiness she craves. A captivating historical novel in which Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, the most expensive book ever written, plays a decisive role.
