The Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen

It's 1968 and journalist Liz Houghton is stuck writing obituaries after her big story is quashed by her superiors. When her flatmate, Marisa--who works for the London Metropolitan Police--is sent to the seaside with a lead on the whereabouts of a missing young girl named Lucy, Liz decides to travel there herself, figuring that it might make a good news story. While there, Liz learns about a village, Tydeham, where the residents were forced by the government to leave during World War II. Liz also begins to have memories of her childhood that don't match what she's always remembered about growing up. The Rose Arbor is another engrossing historical read by Bowen with a strong mystery element and a main character you really want to succeed.