Just Released: Particularly Dangerous Work, Part 1
It was the spring of 1939. FDR was president of the United States, and the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC, were lovely. In Washington, the Jefferson Memorial and the National Gallery of Art were under construction. The Johnson Wax building in Racine, Wisconsin, had just opened. Baseball fans anxiously followed “Joltin’ Joe” DiMaggio as he wound up for another hitting season, averaging .381 and earning his first of three MVP awards. In the evenings families listened to the Lone Ranger, the Green Hornet, and the Pepsodent Show on prime time radio. Teenagers and young adults listened and danced to the music of Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, the Glenn Miller Band, Billie Holiday, and the Andrew Sisters. Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, and Dorothy Lamour had stolen everyone’s hearts. On the weekends people went to the movie theater to see Dark Victory, Wuthering Heights, and Stagecoach. The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington were just months away from their premiers.
Elsewhere in the world General Francisco Franco had just secured authority over all of Spain, ending a brutal three year civil war. His victory came through military assistance from Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy. With peace restored in Spain, Hitler then turned his attention to what was left of Czechoslovakia, saving Poland for later in the summer. Mussolini cast his lustful eye towards the Balkans and parts of Africa, while British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made more empty promises toward ensuring the integrity of Poland. In the east, Japan pressed forward with its two year war against China.
In the midst of all this, the Vizconde Rodrigo Mendoza, a young diplomat representing the government of Francisco Franco was transferred from his post at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin to the Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC. Rodrigo was also gay. He ran afoul of the Abwehr, Nazi Germany’s intelligence agency, and found himself caught up in the seamy world of espionage and international intrigue on the eve of World War II. Particularly Dangerous Work is his story, told in three parts. The story is full of gritty action, inopportune romance, harrowing escapes, and thrilling adventure. Readers will find themselves immersed in the world of the early war years, dancing to Tommy Dorsey hits, sailing aboard the SS Bremen, and witnessing the Nazi invasion of France. Parts 2 & 3 will take readers through the remainder of the war and beyond, where Rodrigo’s adventures grow evermore dangerous.
Particularly Dangerous Work is historical fiction. All of the main characters, including Rodrigo, are fictitious and are not based on any actual or real historical individuals. Where historical events and certain historical persons (Spanish, American, German, and other government officials) are represented, great care has been taken to present them as accurately as possible. Actual dialogue between fictional characters and historical characters, is, of course, purely fictitious.
Part 1 of this trilogy has just been released! You can purchase your copy now, either in print or Kindle edition, by clicking on the link below. Parts 2 & 3 will follow soon.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...
https://www.bluewatertales.com
Elsewhere in the world General Francisco Franco had just secured authority over all of Spain, ending a brutal three year civil war. His victory came through military assistance from Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy. With peace restored in Spain, Hitler then turned his attention to what was left of Czechoslovakia, saving Poland for later in the summer. Mussolini cast his lustful eye towards the Balkans and parts of Africa, while British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made more empty promises toward ensuring the integrity of Poland. In the east, Japan pressed forward with its two year war against China.
In the midst of all this, the Vizconde Rodrigo Mendoza, a young diplomat representing the government of Francisco Franco was transferred from his post at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin to the Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC. Rodrigo was also gay. He ran afoul of the Abwehr, Nazi Germany’s intelligence agency, and found himself caught up in the seamy world of espionage and international intrigue on the eve of World War II. Particularly Dangerous Work is his story, told in three parts. The story is full of gritty action, inopportune romance, harrowing escapes, and thrilling adventure. Readers will find themselves immersed in the world of the early war years, dancing to Tommy Dorsey hits, sailing aboard the SS Bremen, and witnessing the Nazi invasion of France. Parts 2 & 3 will take readers through the remainder of the war and beyond, where Rodrigo’s adventures grow evermore dangerous.
Particularly Dangerous Work is historical fiction. All of the main characters, including Rodrigo, are fictitious and are not based on any actual or real historical individuals. Where historical events and certain historical persons (Spanish, American, German, and other government officials) are represented, great care has been taken to present them as accurately as possible. Actual dialogue between fictional characters and historical characters, is, of course, purely fictitious.
Part 1 of this trilogy has just been released! You can purchase your copy now, either in print or Kindle edition, by clicking on the link below. Parts 2 & 3 will follow soon.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...
https://www.bluewatertales.com
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