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The Earhart Betrayal
1980
First Published
3.74
Average Rating
316
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"James Thayer is a master of the genre, as good as Clancy, Child and Forsyth.” — Stephen Coonts. A desperate search to discover World War II’s last secret. In 1946 Singapore, American Agent Joseph Snow investigates Amelia Earhart’s 1937 flight around the world as a cover for a secret reconnaissance mission to retrieve Japanese naval intelligence. Of all the Earhart rumors, the one of her skeletal remains discovered in a Japanese POW camp holds curious credibility. Joseph’s new bride Connie, has accompanied him to the sultry, dangerous city of Singapore. The once Japanese - occupied city leads him to a dangerous secret she may be keeping. As truths take shape, their trip becomes more manhunt than honeymoon. Snow slowly pieces the story together only to discover that Earhart’s mission was a hoax – one that led her into a trap set by a brutal, cunning, and ambitious man. In looking into Earhart’s disappearance, he uncovers what was her true agenda. "As exciting as The Maltese Falcon... A finely written maze . . . “— The Nashville Banner.

Avg Rating
3.74
Number of Ratings
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Author

James Stewart Thayer
Author · 15 books
James Thayer is the son of a wheat farmer, and he was raised in Spokane and the farm country in eastern Washington. He graduated from Washington State University and the University of Chicago Law School, and now teaches novel writing at the University of Washington extension school where in 2015 he received the Excellence in Teaching Award in the Arts, Writing and Humanities. The New York Times Book Review says his "writing is smooth and clear. Deceptively simple, it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm that only confident stylists achieve.” His The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel is a leading manual for fiction writers. Thayer is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the International Thriller Writers. He and his family live in Seattle.
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