When I first saw Tamar my made a spontaneous decision; I planned to dislike this book immensely. The book cover shouts out; “BORING WAR STORY”.

The story begins in 1945; we meet two undercover secret operatives, Tamar and Dart, members of the Dutch resistance. The story is fast-paced and realistic with brilliant detailed description. Peet captures and conveys the characters' emotions with an intense style

We jump into the future and meet another Tamar, a Tamar more close to home, an intelligent teenager who flunked her GCSEs because of her grandfather’s suicide, a teenager whose father mysteriously disappeared. Now she is faced with a dilemma; does she delve further, into her grandfather's past;  or continue life as if nothing ever happened.

This book is a masterpiece conveying realistically a range of human emotion; fear, rage, anger, love and envy. Of all the Carnegie books this would be my winner; an amazing read with the perfect ending.