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The Rumor Game: The superb World War II-set US thriller from the award-winning author of Darktown
Thomas Mullen
Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Science fiction
Multi-award-nominated crime author Thomas Mullen produces a remarkable new historical police procedural that tells the story of WWII America.
'Terrific entertainment' -- STEPHEN KING on Thomas Mullen's Darktown
A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in World War II-era Boston from the multi-award-nominated author.
Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor Clinic, a newspaper column that disproves the many harmful rumors floating around town, some of them spread by Axis spies and others just gossip mixed with fear and ignorance. Tired of chasing silly rumors, she wants to write about something bigger.
Special Agent Devon Mulvey, one of the few Catholics at the FBI, spends his weekdays preventing industrial sabotage and his Sundays spying on clerics with suspect loyalties - and he spends his evenings wooing the many lonely women whose husbands are off at war.
When Anne's story about Nazi propaganda intersects with Devon's investigation into the death of a factory worker, the two are led down a dangerous trail of espionage, organized crime, and domestic fascism - one that implicates their own tangled pasts and threatens to engulf the city in violence.
With vibrant historical atmosphere and a riveting mystery that illuminates still-timely issues about disinformation and power, Thomas Mullen delivers another powerful thriller.
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'Thomas Mullen scored a home run'
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'Beautifully depicted'
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Praise for The Rumor Game: The superb World War II-set US thriller from the award-winning author of Darktown
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Superb - Ken Follett (on Darktown)
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It's rare to find a thriller with such a fantastic and original concept. I was gripped. - Anthony Horowitz (on The Blind Spots)
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Magnificent and shocking - Sunday Times (on Darktown)
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Terrific entertainment - Stephen King (on Darktown)
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Written with a ferocious passion that'll knock the wind out of you - New York Times (on Darktown)
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Incredible. Easily my book of the year so far. - M.W. Craven (on The Blind Spots)
Thomas Mullen
Thomas Mullen is the internationally bestselling author of seven previous novels, including Darktown, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Lightning Men, was named one of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the Year by The New York Times; and Midnight Atlanta. The latter two were shortlisted for CWA Dagger Awards. His debut, The Last Town on Earth, was awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction. He lives in Atlanta.
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