The second Stillwater Bend novel takes the reader to the late 30's,a trouble time in America. A time whe America was emerging from the great depression and Germany was surfacing as a world power under Hitler. It is also an intimate portrayal of the three young women, Katherine, Molly, and Helen, poised at the crossroads of their lives.
This book transports the reader once again to the seldom explored era before World War Two, a troubled time when boldness and bravery were the means to survival. Commemorating the triumph of the American and British spirit, the reader is taken on an unforgettable voyage to an incomparable time and place. Compelling from the first page, it is also a love story as well as a portrayal of the three young women, Katherine, Molly, and Helen as they are influenced by the events occuring around them. Their experiences will continue to haunt the reader long after the last page is read.
Dublin 1941. A brutal murder. Mistaken identity. And barman Eamon Foley is running for his life.
Nine months later Foley is in a crowded pub, and his brother-in-law is shot dead.
Fourth Book in the Southern Swallow Series finds the Academician Li K'ai-men in exile on Hai-nan Island. China has a new invasion threat. A showdown between ingenuity and technology explodes as the Sung Dynasty tries to preserve itself.