I borrowed a book from the library years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't remember who wrote it and have since searched for the book. I asked the library if they keep a record of books borrowed but they don't.
Without giving the complete plot away :the story begins about two women during the blitz in London. Around a quarter into the book one of the women who is wealthy, married and who I think was also born in Australia and brought up in the UK, was visiting the other woman at her boarding house. The women knew each other and weren't friends, though one thinks they are. They were talking in the bedroom when the boarding house was bombed killing one of the women. The surviving woman immediately leaves London as she has an interview for a job in the country.
Can anyone help me find it?