Andrew Devereux

The author of

The Seventh

and

The Owl in the Window

About Me

Hi, I'm Andrew Devereux

I am a writer, a freelance musician and owner of a web design company. My two historical novels THE SEVENTH and THE OWL IN THE WINDOW are unpublished and are both set in WW2.

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What my beta readers say:

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I just loved this book from start to finish. It seemed gauged just right, easy to read, but intelligent and interesting, and your writing just flows. I cried a lot!'
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I read extensively in all genres and this is one of the best I have ever read. I had to stop reading at [SPOILER], I was choking back tears. I cried at the end having read a marvelous piece of writing that deserves to be read by many.
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This morning I picked up my Kindle but found no enthusiasm for it after reading the Seventh. That's a good book, when you find it hard to be replaced by something else.
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I have been listening to the Leningrad symphony as a result of reading your story and I felt emotional and found myself thinking of your characters. They felt real.

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I must commend you on your research and the sheer amount of detail you have gone into. The accuracy on concerts is staggering and fantastic.

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The structure, alternating timelines as well as the locations works really well. I care about the characters, who are finely-drawn and sympathetic. Your depictions of orchestral life are spot-on and there are moments of gentle pathos.

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I felt connected to all the characters - a good job balancing background details and maintaining the narative plot.

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I love the musical allusions and interludes throughout the novel. These make it very unusual and, for a non-musician, revealing. I long to actually listen to the
passages described,

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It was SO good! I'd found the idea of a story about the 2 orchestras captured me anyway , but you did an excellent job of describing scenes, characters etc making the reader feel they were actually witnessing what was happening. I felt I learned a lot too as I knew nothing about what had gone on musically at this time.

I liked the pace, not slowing down in the middle, keeping me gripped at all times

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Awesome, masterful, detailed, gripping. I don't mind admitting, I read the last 10 or so pages with a bit of dust in my eyes.

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I don't know if you are like me, but if I binge watch a series, then I get a depression as I've lost connection to the story. I have that feeling now.

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I loved the contrast between the brutality of war and the fragility of the humans involved. You painted a beautiful picture of desolation, lost love and hopelessness. What an amazing ending! I had tears.

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