Jean S. (readmore) reviewed on 4/13/2006 + 141 more book reviews

The optimism of the early 60s, infused with the excitement of the space race and the menace of the Cold war, is filtered through the rich imagination of a high spirited, eight year old Madeleine, who welcomes her family's posting to a quiet Air Force base near the Canadian border. Secure in the love of hewr beautiful mother, she is unaware that her father, Jack, is caught up in a web of secrets. When a very local murder intersects global forces, Jack decides where his loyalties lie, and Madeleine will be forced to learn a lesson about the ambiguity of human morality- one she will onlybegin to understand when she carries her quest for the truth, and the killer, into adult hood 20 years later. This story was inspired by the real life story of Steven Truscott. 810 pages.

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