
The cold war is over, and Keith Landry, one of the nation's top intelligence officers, is forced into early and unwanted retirement. Restless, Landry returns to Spencerville, the small Midwestern town where he grew up. The place has changed in the quarter century since Landry stepped off his front porch into the world, but two important people from his past are still there: Annie Prentis, his first love, and Cliff Baxter, the high school bully who became the police chief of Spencerville and Annie's possessive husband. They're all about to come together again-and rip Spencerville apart with violence, vengeance, and renewed passion.
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1943–2024
Nelson DeMille was the author of twenty-four novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include ***The Maze***, ***The Cuban Affair***, ***Word of Honor***, ***Plum Island***, ***The Charm School***, ***The Gold Coast***, and ***The General's Daughter***, which was made into a major motion picture starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. With his son <a href="https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL8177507A" target="_blank">Alex DeMille</a>, he cowrote ***The Deserter***, ***Blood Lines***, and ***The Tin Men***. Nelson DeMille was a combat-decorated U.S. Army veteran; a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild; and a past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He was also a member of the International Thriller Writers, which honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. He died in 2024. (<a href="https://nelsondemille.net/about/" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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