Iris Costello: The Story Collector, Penguin, 9780241999110, paperback, pub date: March 

I am not a great fan of socalled women's fiction but "The Story Collector" was a fine escapist read and is actually three stories told by three women during two time lines: 

1915, London: Kat, who has just had her family's East end bakery destroyed by an angry mob due to her German descent, is fleeing to her former lover Gillian with a new identity as Kitty Dexter. As a  gifted Tarot reader she is a great help to people in distress and a member of a spiritual society. 

1918, Germany: Miriam is a linguists employed for a reasearch project with British prisoners of war, where she finds herself drawn to the gentle, seemingly  mute prisoner X.

Present day Cornwall: Edie, a widow who has moved from London to her family cottage, finds a mysterious box during her renovations. 

This all sounds very cliche and is to some extend but well written with an actual historical background. I thought the ending was a bit predictable but its a great escapist read.