Recommended Books
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What We Say in the Dark
$0.99Because of past indiscretions, U.S Army Intelligence Officer Don Gibson finds himself demoted to covering as a refugee case worker in Lisbon, a city teeming with spies and assassins. There, he is delegated to collecting scraps of information to appease his superiors, a dull assignment soon eclipsed by the pleasures of Lisbon. His idle existence accelerates when he crosses paths with fellow worker Isabelle, whose own shadowy past brings its share of questions. In no time, Don is caught up in a deadly guessing game that puts his life at risk.
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Port City
$7.99Port City, Eliot Sefrin’s new novel, brings the working class history of New York’s tugboat men to the page in a story of power, greed, and the struggle for compromise. The harbor itself becomes a character as Sefrin paints a picture of a city that has just reached its postwar maturity – wealthy, vital, and the hub of global trade. In the joyful days after the end of the second World War, those who have been holding their breath and hoping for better pay are ready for a change that is not coming without a fight. Soon the union representing the tugboat workers is locked in a stalled negotiation with the tugboat owners that threatens to cripple the thriving city. The story of how this historical moment finds an end is a love letter to a city whose throbbing heart is the people who live within it.
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What We Say in the Dark
$0.99WWII Lisbon. In the city of light spying is the national sport, lying is the universal language, and dying is an occupational hazard. Watch what you say in the dark.
“A breathtaking, immersive masterpiece that sweeps you up into the haunting reality as the world is torn apart as it plunges into World War II.” – Lori Peterson, Bookbub.
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What We Say in the Dark
$2.99WWII Lisbon. In the city of light spying is the national sport, lying is the universal language, and dying is an occupational hazard. Watch what you say in the dark.
“A breathtaking, immersive masterpiece that sweeps you up into the haunting reality as the world is torn apart as it plunges into World War II.” – Lori Peterson, Bookbub.
In 1944 Lisbon Portugal, a city teeming with spies and assassins, Don Gibson, U.S. Army intelligence Officer, is exiled because of past indiscretions. Demoted to the cover of a refugee case worker, secretly he collects scraps of information to pass on to his superiors. He finds the assignment dull but comes to enjoy the pleasures of Lisbon. His idle existence is disturbed when he crosses paths with Isabelle, a Frenchwoman who works alongside him at the relief agency. Rumors about a shadowy past swirl around her like a mist of lies. Don is soon caught up in a deadly guessing game that puts his life at risk.