Jim Lester (1)

noir, secrets, secret-society, censorship, murder, murder-investigation, assassins, torture, arson, ex-military, extortion, extremists, alternate-history, historical-fiction, historical-figures, historical-places-events, historical-research, history-and-culture, conspiracy, politics, fiction*****

It opens with a townwide book burning. Jake has a history working navy intelligence in pacific theater, and that's how his leg got disastered. Now he is a paperback writer in NYC and becomes entangled with some real nasties. Amongst the plot there is relevant info on classic twentieth century writers and the development of the paperback book industry including McCarthyism and other extremist conspiracy. A little too close for comfort at this time. Riveting!
I requested and received a free temporary copy from this independently published author via NetGalley. Thank you!… (meer)