Alone on a pier in the pre-dawn rain, Martha Whitaker waits in vain for her friend and mentor, Hewitt Wilcox. Fear had laced his last message. Hours later, when his empty van is hoisted from the frigid waters of Puget Sound, Martha sets off to find the truth of what happened to him. Resourceful, strong, and steeled by inner wounds, she’s joined by a crusading journalist, who believes Hewitt’s disappearance may reveal ugly secrets about a chapter of American history. Together they’re drawn into a sinister world of forgery, murder, and betrayal, and Martha is forced to confront her own dark past, where violence provided primal justice. In a fight for her life, she finds she’s in a fight for her soul.
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- Amazon, in paperback and Kindle eBook
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- Zenith Bookstore, Duluth, Minn.
Signed copies are available from the author at
jdbriggs@nwlink.com