6/28/2023 0 Comments Five Decembers by James KestrelPRAISE FOR FIVE DECEMBERS BY JAMES KESTREL, FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR, HAMMETT AND BRAM STOKER AWARDS Spanning the entirety of World War II, FIVE DECEMBERS is a beautiful, masterful, powerful novel that will live in your memory forever This extraordinary novel is so much more than just a gripping crime story-it’s a story of survival against all odds, of love and loss and the human cost of war. doesn’t know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor. Because the trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves and though the U.S. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. “Read this book for its palpitating story, its perfect emotional and physical detailing and, most of all, for its unforgettable conjuring of a steamy quicksilver world that will be new to almost every reader.”ĭecember 1941. NOMINATED FOR BEST THRILLER IN THE 2022 BARRY AWARDS “War, imprisonment, torture, romance…The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase.”įive Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as All the Light We Cannot See. Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel
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