Book description
All parents keep secrets from their children. My father, it seemed,
kept more than most . . .
Whilst mourning the death of his father, journalist Stewart Dubin
decides to research the life of a man he had always respected, always
admired, but possibly never quite knew . . .
As a young, idealistic lawyer during the last terrible months of the
Second World War, David Dubin was sent to the European Front -
ostensibly to bring charges against a brave American hero, Robert
Martin, who had suddenly, inexplicably, gone local and stopped following
orders. Martin has become a liability and the authorities want him
neutralized.
But as Dubin learns more about Martin and the demons possessing him, he
finds himself falling in love with Martin's enigmatic ex-mistress - a
dangerous woman of incredible courage. And someone who will do anything
to protect her comrade-in-arms . . .
Stewart discovers a journal written by his father - and learns of his
incredible courage in the face of battle, reads first-hand of the
shattering moral consequences for those caught in the chaos of war and,
finally, the secret he had died protecting . . . Scott Turow is the
internationally renowned author of six bestselling novels about the law,
from Presumed Innocent
(1987) to Reversible Errors
(2002). His most recent book was a work of non-fiction, Ultimate Punishment
, which centres on the death penalty. He lives with his family outside
Chicago, where he is a partner in the international law firm of
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.
