{"product_id":"december-41-a-world-war-ii-thriller-9781250839756","title":"December '41: A World War II Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author William Martin comes a WWII thriller as intense as \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Jackal\u003c\/i\u003e and as gripping as \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Needle\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eDecember '41\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin takes us on the ultimate manhunt, a desperate chase from Los Angeles to Washington, D. C., in the first weeks of the Second World War. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the day after Pearl Harbor, shocked Americans gather around their radios to hear Franklin Roosevelt declare war. In Los Angeles, a German agent named Martin Browning is planning to kill FDR on the night he lights the National Christmas Tree. Who will stop him? Relentless FBI Agent Frank Carter? Kevin Cusack, a Hollywood script reader who also spies on the German Bund of Los Angeles, and becomes a suspect himself? Or Vivian Hopewell, the aspiring actress who signs on to play Martin Browning's wife and cannot help but fall in love with him? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe clock is ticking. The tracks are laid. The train of narrow escapes, mistaken identities, and shocking deaths is right on schedule. It's a thrilling ride that will sweep you from the back lots of Hollywood to the speeding Super Chief to that solemn Christmas Eve, when twenty thousand people gather on the South Lawn of the White House and the lives of Franklin Roosevelt and his surprise guest, Winston Churchill, hang in the balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A remarkable story that will keep you reading late into the night.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Catherine Coulter, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eVortex\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Instantly cinematic and endlessly entertaining, December '41 is an absolute page turner.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Hank Phillippi Ryan, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHer Perfect Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM MARTIN is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several novels, an award-winning PBS documentary on the life of George Washington, and a cult-classic horror film, too. In novels like \u003ci\u003eBack Bay, City of Dreams, The Lost Constitution, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBound for Gold, \u003c\/i\u003ehe has told stories of the great and the anonymous of American history, and he's taken readers from the deck of the \u003ci\u003eMayflower \u003c\/i\u003eto 9\/11. His work has earned him many accolades and honors, including the 2005 New England Book Award, the 2015 Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the 2019 Robert B. Parker Award. He and his wife live near Boston, where he serves on the boards of several cultural and historical institutions, and he has three grown children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Forge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641863147794,"sku":"9781250839756","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cfca4597-bee9-42d7-8b03-49799a9d0df2.jpg?v=1733043049","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/december-41-a-world-war-ii-thriller-9781250839756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}