Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is one of the most talked-about recent releases readers keep adding to their lists and it is easy to see why: a farmer's wife, a first love returned and a death that upends a village.
What it's about
Clare Leslie Hall braids a passionate love triangle with a murder mystery in the English countryside: a contented farmer's wife has her world upended when her first love returns, just as a death sends the village toward a courtroom. It is lush, propulsive and deeply romantic.
Why everyone's talking about it
Broken Country became a runaway book-club and Reese-adjacent sensation, one of the breakout emotional-literary hits driven by ecstatic reader word of mouth. It hit bestseller lists and stayed there.
The verdict, for now
If you love a sweeping, romantic novel with a mystery's pull, this is your next weekend. Come for the love triangle, stay for the reveal that ties it all together.
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