KEY
TO LAWRENCE: SPECIAL EDITION
by
the Cargills
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BLURB:
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:
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
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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