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The Past is Never Dead: A Seth Armitage Thriller Omnibus

(2022)
(A book in the Seth Armitage series)
An omnibus of novels by

 
 
'Weaves real-world history into a deft, dynamic historical thriller... A riveting work of political intrigue.' Kirkus Reviews

Devil's Den

Gettysburg, June 1923.

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the bloody battle, the corpse of a Yankee veteran is found in Devil’s Den, the battlefield’s most notorious slaughter pen.

Seth Armitage, a shell-shocked World War I veteran working for the US Bureau of Investigation is assigned to the case by the Bureau’s corrupt director, who is being undermined by an ambitious young deputy - J. Edgar Hoover.

The homicide victim leads Armitage to Peggy Stewart, daughter of another veteran with her own dark secrets.

Armitage's investigation uncovers more murdered soldiers and a dormant assassination conspiracy from the previous century that has been awakened with lethal consequences.

Aided by aviator Charles Lindbergh, Armitage races against time to unravel the mystery of who is killing the Civil War survivors.

After a climactic aerial battle, Armitage returns to the old blood-soaked battlefield believing he has closed the case.

But the sins of the past are not quite laid to rest.

In Shadowland
Washington DC 1925

President Teddy Roosevelt's son Quentin was killed in World War I. So why is another man's corpse in his grave?

J. Edgar Hoover summons Special Agent Seth Armitage, a US Marines veteran haunted by the carnage of the Western Front, back to the Bureau to investigate the mystery.

Armitage is soon targeted by powerful and ruthless forces on both sides of the Atlantic who are committed to keeping the scandal secret - at any cost.

The line between enemies and allies blur as the agent is drawn into a conspiracy, which leads him to Germany and an encounter with a burgeoning political force. The Nazi Party.

Armitage eventually uncovers the truth in an ancient Bavarian castle.

But at what price?

Timothy Ashby is the author of the Storm of War series and Time Fall. He is also the author of the non-fiction titles Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) and The Bear in the Back Yard: Moscow´s Caribbean Strategy. He lives in Mallorca.

Praise for Timothy Ashby:
'A rip-roaring tale, based on real characters and events, and introducing a fabulous dual heritage hero for our times.' Saul David, author of Hart of Empire

'A well-researched adventure that skilfully mixes warts-and-all history with cinematic action.' Kirkus Reviews

'… grippingly panoramic in scope, stretching from vignettes involving Abraham Lincoln to the hotspots of the Jazz Era … and harrowing evocations of the Civil War’s bloodshed. Devil´s Den is a tightly controlled and extremely satisfying novel …. Highly recommended.' Historical Novels Society Review


Genre: Thriller

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