Key to Lawrence: Special Edition
Author: the Cargills
Author: the Cargills
Genre: Historical Thriller
Book Description:
Water rushed into the four, great smoke stacks of the ship as they, too, hit the waves. Tremendous, churning whirlpools sucked victims inside. A few were ejected, blackened with soot. Propellers rose above the maelstrom. The rudder lifted higher than the smoke stacks. The ship's prow pointed down toward the deep. It looked as if the ship's nose would hit the sea bed hundreds of feet below. The Lusitania sank in only 18 minutes after being torpedoed on May 7, 1915. Dora Benley vowed revenge on the enemy. Key to Lawrence tracks the beginning of her quest for justice in this special edition of the first volume of the Edward Ware Thriller Series. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great War.
Book Description:
Water rushed into the four, great smoke stacks of the ship as they, too, hit the waves. Tremendous, churning whirlpools sucked victims inside. A few were ejected, blackened with soot. Propellers rose above the maelstrom. The rudder lifted higher than the smoke stacks. The ship's prow pointed down toward the deep. It looked as if the ship's nose would hit the sea bed hundreds of feet below. The Lusitania sank in only 18 minutes after being torpedoed on May 7, 1915. Dora Benley vowed revenge on the enemy. Key to Lawrence tracks the beginning of her quest for justice in this special edition of the first volume of the Edward Ware Thriller Series. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great War.
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Excerpt
Manhattan — Saturday, May 1, 1915
The stranger stared at Dora’s
package. A wide-brimmed hat shaded his face, revealing only a dark beard and
mustache. Smoking a small, cheap, stubby cigar, dressed in a nondescript,
ill-fitting dark suit, the man strutted towards her in a menacing fashion.
Blueish-white cigar smoke curled upward in a lazy corkscrew. It vanished into
the air several yards above his head.
Twenty-year-old Dora Benley quickly
stuffed the surprise birthday gift for her father into her satchel. Holding a
green parasol edged with black fringe over her head she skirted crowds of
well-dressed, gossiping passengers waiting to board the Lusitania. Dressed in a
full-length, aquamarine dress with white lace around the sleeves, Dora moved as
far away from the intruder as she could without falling off the edge of the
pier.
She searched impatiently for her
parents. They were supposed to rendezvous with her at 11:00 AM. By now it was
almost noon!
A man and woman reporting team burst
upon the crowd at Cunard’s Pier 54. They were trailed by a photographer and his
assistants carrying a large folding camera and a tripod. The reporters hurled
themselves at the passengers.
“What do you think of the German
announcement?” The male reporter thrust a copy of The New York Times at Dora.
He pointed to the advertisement prominently displayed on the front page:
About the Author
The Cargills docked at Southampton and explored the South of England in preparation for this thriller, Key to Lawrence. They also sailed the North Atlantic just like Dora Benley. But their transatlantic voyages were on the Queen Mary 2 instead of the Lusitania. They made use of the American Southwest where they live to depict the Syrian Desert that was home to Lawrence of Arabia. Visit their website. Read their blog. Linda also has a Facebook Fan Page.
The Cargills docked at Southampton and explored the South of England in preparation for this thriller, Key to Lawrence. They also sailed the North Atlantic just like Dora Benley. But their transatlantic voyages were on the Queen Mary 2 instead of the Lusitania. They made use of the American Southwest where they live to depict the Syrian Desert that was home to Lawrence of Arabia. Visit their website. Read their blog. Linda also has a Facebook Fan Page.
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