Ryan likes to take a piece of historical fact, mostly from World War I or II, and flesh out characters and emotions to create some very intriguing mysteries. This one has a daughter tracing her missing RAF father in Northern Italy. I like his mix of adventure, fact, fiction and romance. Heâs good.
Comparison: Robert Goddard, Gerald Seymour, Douglas Kennedy.
Similar this month: Santa Montefiore, Allan Folsom.
In 1964, a young Australian girl, Linda Carr, is trying to track down the wreckage of the Liberator bomber in which her father died when it crashed in North Italy in 1944 during World War Two. She employs the help of Jack Kirby, a British Mosquito fighter pilot who was on operations in the area when her father died. He is now a motorcycle racer competing in the Isle of Man TT, but he is finding it hard to adjust to life during peacetime.
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In 1964, a young Australian girl, Linda Carr, is trying to track down the wreckage of the Liberator bomber in which her father died when it crashed in North Italy in 1944 during World War Two. She employs the help of Jack Kirby, a British Mosquito fighter pilot who was on operations in the area when her father died.
After Midnight features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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After Midnight was written by Robert Ryan and published by Headline Book Publishing Ltd
After Midnight has 310 pages
