First published 2011
Dr. Stratham Younger stands on Wall Street with his friend Captain James Littlemore when a massive bomb explodes on September 16, 1920. The blast kills and injures four hundred people in what becomes America's deadliest terrorist attack to that date. Younger and Littlemore find themselves protecting Colette Rousseau, a French radiochemist whom Younger met during the Great War. Someone keeps attacking Rousseau, and she harbors secrets from her past that may connect to the bombing. The three follow a puzzling trail of clues that takes them from Paris to Prague, from Sigmund Freud's home in Vienna to the halls of power in Washington. As Younger and Littlemore piece together seemingly unrelated evidence, they discover that the Wall Street attack was not random violence. The investigation forces them to confront the darkest corners of human nature and uncover the true masterminds behind the explosion that shook America's financial heart.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Paris, Prague, Vienna, Washington, Wall Street
Period: 1920, Great War
480 pages · Hardcover · Riverhead Books
Content warnings: violence