Turncoat
- ISBN-10
- 0709073526
- ISBN-13
- 9780709073529
- Series
- Turncoat
- Category
- Runaway wives
- Pages
- 271
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Author
- Aaron J. Elkins
Description
Pete Simon's all-American life was everything he ever wished for: a good home, a satisfying career, and a marriage still strong and loving after nearly twenty years. But in the days following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, everything is about to change. And it begins with the appearance of a stranger at his door. The man ranting madly about money, death and forgiveness is unknown to Pete - but not to his distraught wife, Lily. Only when the man has gone does the truth come out. The unwelcome visitor was Lily's father, whom she claimed died long ago in their native France. The next day he is dead, his savagely beaten body washed up in a nearby marsh - and Lily disappears, leaving a note behind begging Pete not to follow her. As a nation moums for its fallen leader, Pete Simon is devastated by a tragedy of his own. Now, with a business card from an antiques dealer in Barcelona as his only lead, he sets out to find his missing wife, embarking on a twisted and perilous journey that will carry him to Europe, where the hideous crimes of the Nazi aggressors remain fresh in the minds of those who cannot forget...or forgive. slowly revealing secrets of greed, terror, guilt and treacherous collaboration with a monstrous enemy that could shatter everything he believes in and destroy everything he loves. And suddenly he has become more than a concerned husband and seeker of a bitter truth: he has become the target of desperation, dangerous men and their terrifying vengeance.
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- 2018-05-29
- 384 pages
- Ebook
- Yale University Press
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- 2018-01-01
- 372 pages
- Paperback
- Yale University Press
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