The Mourning Doves
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To those on the outside, handsome, wealthy, broadcasting executive Jason Borseau’s life seems idyllic. In reality, his existence is like the surreal reflections in a house of mirrors. When World War II ends, Jason, a decorated B-17 pilot, returns to Arizona, anguished and guilt-ridden, after most of his crew is lost in a raid on Schweinfurt, Germany. Bent on drowning his nightmares in alcohol, when at last Jason rises above his self-induced oblivion, he finds himself trapped in a disastrous marriage with a psychotic who abuses their young son. It is 1952, and the historical boundaries between men and women are the front lines of a new war. Many women graduate from college with no thought of retreating to hearth and home – like Kathryn Whittaker, who is determined to carve out a career in the sacrosanct radio business, where previously, only men’s voices have echoed across the airwaves. Destined to meet and compelled to love, Jason and Kathryn’s passion unleashes powerful forces – jealousy and hate and a blood lust for vengeance that culminates in murder. Is Jason’s ex-wife, Ellen, behind the smoking gun, or is she, too, a victim? Jason and Alan Sheffield, Yuma County’s hardboiled district attorney, team up to seek the truth, and trap the killer. The Mourning Doves spins the reader from the Arizona desert to Idaho’s mysterious Bitterroot Wilderness, where a deadly enemy confronts Kathryn.