The Zero Line (The McKenna Connection)

The Zero Line/Book One of The McKenna Connection. Deep within the walls of America's oldest inn, a secret document hidden away during the Cold War is about to be unearthed.Mitch and Polly McKenna don't know it yet, but they will soon be embroiled in a decades old drama of espionage and betrayal. After purchasing a historic grandfather clock for their fifth wedding anniversary, Polly becomes obsessed with startling discoveries about their new purchase: a hidden compartment with a peculiar key inside, and an inscription that reads strangely like a murder confession, pointing to a secret crime and a named victim. As Mitch and Polly try to uncover the truth, their puzzle begins to take on bigger meaning for both of them, compelling them to redefine their notions of their marriage and each other.

J. Kinkade is a retired intelligence officer and disabled veteran. She has been writing fiction for nearly twenty years with The Zero Line being her first publication and the first in a series of five books exploring The McKenna Connection. She lives in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, with her husband Scott, who is a former Marine Corps aviator, their two teenage boys, and an ever-growing number of rescued cats. The family, minus the cats, spends their time sailing and traveling and eating pho, of which they had plenty while visiting Hanoi.