Rough Cider Author:Peter Lovesey It is World War II, and in rural England, American soldiers are making friends with the local girls. A town dance fuels resentment of the local men, and terrible violence follows. Later, a baby girl is born. — Years later, a young American, Alice, comes to Somerset seeking information about her father, a GI hanged for murder there during the war.... more » She finds Theo, a witness for the original prosecution, and persuades him to revisit the farm where he was evacuated.
Alice is determined to uncover the facts, but the horrors of the past take on a frightening immediacy when jealousies resurfaced and murder returns to the community...
Acritical acclaimed stand-alone novel, Rough Cider was nominated for an Edgar award.« less