IMPERFECT BURIALS

Ripped from today’s headlines . . .

Warsaw, 1989. With Soviet forces poised to crush Poland’s push for democracy, US journalist Finn Waters slips deep into Russia pursuing a story that will trigger chaos inside the Kremlin. Running the risk of winding up in unmarked graves, Finn and Belarusian double agent, Mikolai Begitch, shake down an octogenarian Secret Police commandant who holds a great WWII secret: the truth about the massacre of 22,000 Polish army officers.

The timing and horror of Finn's story have the power to awaken western nations to the necessity of gutting the Soviet Union. But his paper, the New York Times, the grande dame of journalism, refuses to print it. Suddenly, every news outlet is blocking him. When he survives assassination in Vienna, even the US state department leaves him dangling. Exposing a 50-year-old war crime has turned Finn into a spy without a country. To survive, he must unearth the greater secret that Cold War enemies have colluded to keep buried.

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David Corbett, award winning author of The Long Lost Love Letters of Doc Holiday

"The dialogue pops off the page." Carrie Healy, National Public Radio

"Sharp writing, clever storytelling and rich with historical intrigue."
Chad Zunker, Bestselling Author of HUNT THE LION

A well-crafted historical thriller that will leave you breathless...vivid, impeccably researched, and utterly absorbing... I couldn't put it down."
Heather Webb, USA Today bestselling author of THE NEXT SHIP HOME

"An international thriller in the Le Carré tradition."
John Hadden, author, CONVERSATIONS WITH A MASKED MAN: MY FATHER THE CIA AND ME

"...with the efficiency of Hemingway, the gravitas of Steinbeck, and the historical research of Michener."
Telly Halkias - The Manchester Journal

A richly laden tale: international conspiracy, massacre, murder, missing persons, and generous helpings of post-traumatic stress.