Strangers in Time by David Baldacci

Come in out of the salt air and settle in with a story that reaches straight for the heart. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls, David Baldacci delivers a wartime novel unlike anything you’ve read from him before.

London, 1944. The bombs are still falling.

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is an orphan and a thief, doing whatever it takes to survive until he’s old enough to enlist. Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield returns home after five years of evacuation to the countryside, only to find that neither of her parents are waiting for her.

Two lost children. One quiet refuge.

They find both in Ignatius Oliver and his bookshop, The Book Keep. Still grieving the loss of his wife, Ignatius takes the pair under his wing, and together this unlikely trio begins to rebuild the sense of family that war has torn from each of them.

But Charlie’s schemes haven’t gone unnoticed. Someone has been following Molly. And Ignatius carries secrets of his own—secrets that could put all three of them in danger.

Part historical fiction, part suspenseful mystery, Strangers in Time is a moving portrait of survival, trust, and the found families that hold us together when the world falls apart. Baldacci fans and lovers of wartime drama alike will find themselves lingering long after the last page.

A perfect companion for a rainy afternoon by the cove. Curated for readers who love a story with real emotional weight—and a shelf-talker’s whole-hearted recommendation.

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