The Sobs of Autumn's Violins

A Secret So Colossal It Will Decide Who Wins the War...

May, 1944: The world holds its breath as the Allies prepare to launch their all-important invasion of Europe. The invasion plan is a secret that must be kept at all costs, but the secret is beset from all sides: a sleeper spy in England, a disaster during an invasion rehearsal, a double-dealing French Resistance leader, a ruthlessly-obsessed Gestapo head. And, for an American intelligence officer, it is a race against time to save both the secret and the woman he loves.

And now the secret's safety hangs upon two things: Operation First Violin, the brainchild of the chief English spymaster, and a French orphan girl seeking to find escape from a world that has dealt her terrible blows.

Played out in England and Normandy over two weeks that will decide the course of history, The Sobs of Autumn's Violins is a tale of suspense, courage, and love that builds to a stunning double climax.

A.R. Homer, whose father served in the Royal Air Force during the war,has studied World War II since he was a child growing up inwar-devastated England. He took his interest to Oxford University where he read History. Later, he moved to Normandy, France, to study atfirst hand the D-Day beaches and battle sites of the great Alliedinvasion that determined the course of history. He and his wife now live in New Jersey. His latest novel is Through the Dark Clouds Shining: A Saga of Families and the Great War.