A young Jack Kennedy travels to Europe on a secret mission for Franklin Roosevelt as the world braces for war.
It’s the spring of 1939, and the prospect of war in Europe looms large. The United States has no intelligence service. In Washington, D.C., President Franklin Roosevelt may run for an unprecedented third term and needs someone he can trust to find out what the Nazis are up to. His choice: John F. Kennedy.
It’s a surprising selection. At twenty-two, Jack Kennedy is the attractive but unpromising second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Roosevelt’s ambassador to Britain (and occasional political adversary). But when Jack decides to travel through Europe to gather research for his Harvard senior thesis, Roosevelt takes the opportunity to use him as his personal spy. The president’s goal: to stop the flow of German money that has been flooding the United States to buy the 1940 election—an election that Adolf Hitler intends Roosevelt lose.
In a deft mosaic of fact and fiction, Francine Mathews has written a gripping espionage tale that explores what might have happened when a young Jack Kennedy is let loose in Europe as the world careens toward war. A potent combination of history and storytelling, Jack 1939 is a sexy, entertaining read.
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Save the Date!!! Friday, July 20, 2012 at 7:30 at our Colfax Avenue store, bestselling local thriller writer Francine Mathews, a.k.a. Stephanie
Barron, will read from and sign her new novel Jack 1939.
Reviews of Jack 1939:
“A triumph: an exciting thriller, an intriguing exploration of a
troubled time, and an absorbing take on the early history of one of
America’s most iconic figures. Highly recommended.”
-Iain Pears, bestselling author of An Instance of the Fingerpost
“Francine
Mathews delivers a marvel: a thriller with genuine heart. This is a
delicious imagining of one of the 20th century’s most fascinating
figures, wrapped up in a gripping story of espionage.”
– Eleanor Brown, bestselling author of The Weird Sisters
– Eleanor Brown, bestselling author of The Weird Sisters
“Like
JFK himself, this book is smart, sexy and unafraid of taking risks.
With nimble prose and easy charm, Francine Mathews leads us beyond the
frontiers of history to make us believe in her vision of a young Kennedy
at large in a dark world of prewar spies and secrets.”
– Dan Fesperman, author of Lie in the Dark
“A brilliantly conceived, riveting tightrope race across Europe in the predawn of World War II."
– Stephen White, author of Line of Fire and The Last Lie
– Dan Fesperman, author of Lie in the Dark
“A brilliantly conceived, riveting tightrope race across Europe in the predawn of World War II."
– Stephen White, author of Line of Fire and The Last Lie
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