A Bend of Light: A Novel

In a quiet coastal village in post-World War II America, Amie Stilwell returns to her hometown after being a photo interpreter for an Allied unit in England. She is met with Shibby Travis, the surrogate mother with whom she never lost touch, and an unexpected boy who is found with a note from a stranger. Amie uses her skills to protect a child, solve a crime, and find the motive behind a veterans masquerade, but must also confront her own painful past.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 06 September 2022
Publisher: Amazon Publishing

Five years after the end of World War II, Amie Stilwell, a photo interpreter for an Allied unit in England, returns to her hometown in Maine. Jobless and discouraged but stubbornly resourceful, she is starting over in the same coastal village where her life once went so wrong. Waiting for her is Shibby Travis, the surrogate mother with whom Amie never lost touch. But the unexpected also awaits.

A silent, abandoned boy is found with a note from a stranger pleading that he be watched over. Amie and Shibby take him in, but the mysteries multiply when a Boston socialite is found dead in a nearby barn and an old friend, believed to be a casualty of war, suddenly reappears.

Trained to see what others cannot, to scan for clues, and to expose enemies, Amie uses her skills to protect a child, solve a crime, and find the motive behind a veteran's masquerade. But through the hazy filter of a town's secrets, Amie must also confront her own painful past.

ISBN-13: 9781542037891