Shadowed by Death
An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery
by Mary Adler
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Pub Date Sep 28 2018 | Archive Date Nov 16 2018
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Description
San Francisco, 1944. Oliver Wright, a homicide detective on medical
leave from the Marines, is investigating an attempted murder at the
Presidio when the Army asks him to guard Sophia Nirenska, a Polish
resistance fighter who survived the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in Poland and
is touring America to raise money for children hidden from the Nazis in
Europe.
Neither is happy with the assignment, but after a car
deliberately hits Sophia, they reluctantly agree that he should travel
with her to Petaluma where she hopes to enlist the help of eastern
European chicken farmers. She insists political enemies want to silence
her, but Oliver believes the motive is more personal and connected to
the woman found in the Presidio. He and his German shepherd, Harley, try
to protect Sophia, but she insists on doing things her own way—a
dangerous decision that puts them both in mortal danger.
Oliver
finds the key at the heart of the threat to Sophia, a secret with its
roots in Poland. When he does, he is forced to choose between enforcing
the law as he knows it—and jeopardizing Sophia—or accepting a rougher
kind of justice.
While this fast-paced mystery illuminates the
fears and troubles WWII inflicts on many groups of people, it is also a
story full of love, kindness, and a celebration of the gift of finding
family among strangers. It will appeal to readers interested in northern
California, World War II, the destructiveness of totalitarianism, the
bond between people and dogs, and communities that celebrate food and
friendship.
A Note From the Publisher
Available as an e-book (ISBN: 978-1-7320097-1-4)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781732009707 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Librarian 22381
It’s 1944, and Oliver is working as a police detective with his German Shepherd Harley when he gets an assignment assigned to guard Sophia, a Polish Jewish Resistance fighter who has come to the US to tell about the atrocities she has witnessed, and to raise money. Someone wants desperately to silence her. Another Polish woman is found unconscious and seriously injured in the city—are they connected somehow? The author has obviously done extensive research into the Russian role in the Holocaust, and knowledge of the situation in the USA (for example, I had no idea there was a community of Jewish chicken farmers in Petaluma, CA). Her research, the compelling characters she’s created, and the setting of wartime San Francisco make this a not-to-be-missed thriller.
Jan T, Reviewer
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The good, the bad, and the clueless. A Marine damaged in the Pacific war is temporarily returned to the Homicide division at home whrre he investigates some suspicious events and seems surrounded by displaced people from mainland Europe. Ably assisted by his canine counterpart and a long leg brace, Oliver finds himself learning more than he can handle about the situations his new acquaintances have endured and the head in the sand attitude of the American government about their lives here in the US. Set in 1944 in California and clearly the sanitized novelization of much research, this is a book that is all too easily believed. As with most good mysteries, there are several entwined plots which all come together. The publisher's blurb gives clues but spoilers are not needed.
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