In 1953, Winston Churchill vanishes and Whitehall is in a panic. Has the Old Lion been kidnapped, murdered? Jake Weaver and his daughter, Ilse, head for Berlin to penetrate the iron curtain — and unravel the mystery.
You won’t want to miss Roger Conlee’s ninth historical thriller! In 1953, Winston Churchill vanishes and Whitehall is in a panic. Has the Old Lion been kidnapped, murdered? Jake Weaver and his daughter, Ilse, head for Berlin to penetrate the iron curtain — and unravel the mystery.
“First rate historical thriller that provides an insightful, up-close view of the divided city of Berlin in the aftermath of WWII.” — Percy Hunter.
Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst has died, and ace reporter Jake Weaver tries to help Hearst’s long-time lover, Marion Davies, receive her share of the fortune. But the plan backfires and Weaver becomes a murder suspect. And Weaver’s friend, Marine Corps office Kenny Nielsen, finds himself embroiled in the savage early months of the Korean War.
“After the Wind reads like history because it is real history.”–Edward Joseph Mayo
Baseball, opera, literary antiquities, and acts of violent retribution all converge in John Conlee’s THE HEATER. Set in the present, this novel traces events through an entire baseball season while at the same time re-enacting the ancient Celtic tale of “Deirdre of the Sorrows.” The novel’s protagonist is Ty Duffy, the opera-loving second baseman of the Bay City Grays, whose unswerving loyalty to his friend and teammate culminates in a violent denouement on a wind-swept island off the west coast of Ireland.
304 pages
How far would an avid book collector go to obtain a copy of “The Rarest Book in the World?” For a few rapacious bibliophiles, the answer to that question might be—as far as necessary.
Intrigue follows intrigue as you search for clues in John Conlee’s latest novel, again featuring American scholar Charles Bascombe and the spectacular but potentially dangerous Cornwall coast. Who offed the bookseller? Who then threatened the book buyer? And, perhaps, the most intriguing question of all: Who once owned The Rarest Book in The World?
