Book description
In 1964, a young Australian girl, Linda Carr, is trying to track down
the wreckage of the Liberator bomber in which her father died when it
crashed in North Italy in 1944 during World War Two. She employs the
help of Jack Kirby, a British Mosquito fighter pilot who was on
operations in the area when her father died. He is now a motorcycle
racer competing in the Isle of Man TT, but he is finding it hard to
adjust to life during peacetime. He too was shot down during the war and
spent some time helping the Italian partisans on the ground so he knows
a great deal about Nazi brutality, betrayal, corruption and the settling
of scores that was the partisan's life in Italy at the time. He also
fell in love with Francesca, one of the partisan leaders, and he is keen
to find out what happened to her and renew their affair. However, what
they uncover is more dangerous and complex than either Linda or Jack
could ever have imagined. Rob Ryan was born in Liverpool. He has
written forThe Face,Arena,Conde Nast Traveller,Esquire,GQMagazine andThe
Sunday Times. He lives in north London with his wife and three children.
