First published 2015
Piers Hunt stares out at Broadway's bright lights from his Hotel Astor window. The diplomatic corps officer carries a deadly secret. His superior Samuel Anstruther has been murdered, and Piers believes he knows why. Someone killed Anstruther to clear the path for withdrawing police forces from post-war Germany. Rumors spread that Germans might regain control of their own territory. Piers came to New York in secret, telling no one his true purpose. A German woman's mocking words echo in his memory. She called his concerns melodrama, but now the stakes have turned lethal. Piers prefers peaceful solutions, but staying alive may require him to abandon his principles. He must decide whether to risk everything to expose what Anstruther discovered, or stay silent and possibly become the next victim. The world needs to know the truth, but revealing it could cost Piers his life.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller, espionage
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Broadway, Germany, New York
Period: Post-War
240 pages · Kindle Edition · The Murder Room