Doublespeak--A Novel

The followup to the literate and action-packed historical thriller Speakeasy, Doublespeak finds plucky protagonist Lena on a journey back to her past. Leiutenant Lena Stillman has been left, nearly alone, on her code-breaking base in Alaska. WWII has been over for two months, but while she is under the thumb of the powerful Miss Maggie due to crimes committed a lifetime ago, her choices are limited.Wracked with guilt over the disappearance of a friend she might have grown to love, Corporal Link Hughes, Lena is determined to find him when she decodes a Russian message containing his name and his potential location: Siam.Her past seems desperate to catch up with her, and in Siam she finds none other than Bill Bagley—the man with whom she conducted a tempestuous love affair that led to delinquency and despair. Bill has escaped from prison to become a Siamese business man, now dealing in weapons and drugs. Disgusted...