One summer weekend in 1949 – but not our 1949 – the well-connected “Farthing set”, a group of upper-crust English families, enjoy a country retreat. Lucy is a minor daughter in one of those families; her parents were both leading figures in the group that overthrew Churchill and negotiated peace with Herr Hitler eight years … Continue reading “Farthing” by Jo Walton – a chilling mystery set in an alternate 1949 Britain