The Sobs of Autumn’s Violins

2006 Winner Military Writers Society of America
Distinguished Honor Award

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.

The Mirror of Diana

Italy, 1943: The Mirror of Diana is an ingenious blend of war thriller, poignant tale of secret love between a German officer and an Italian woman, and fascinating archaeology lesson, all woven into a fast-paced story that provides an answer to one of World War II’s unsolved mysteries:

On the night of May 31, 1944, as the German army was retreating from Rome, why were the fabulous ships of Caligula reduced to ashes?

The answer may have been foretold in the legend on The Mirror of Diana.