The Golden Hour

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  • From
  • the
  • New
  • York
  • Times
  • bestselling
  • author:
  • a
  • dazzling
  • WWII
  • epic
  • spanning
  • London,
  • New
  • York
  • and
  • the
  • Bahamas
  • and
  • the
  • most
  • infamous
  • couple
  • of
  • the
  • age,
  • the
  • Duke
  • and
  • Duchess
  • of
  • WindsorThe
  • Bahamas,
  • 1941.
  • Newly-widowed
  • Lulu
  • Randolph
  • arrives
  • in
  • Nassau
  • to
  • investigate
  • the
  • Governor
  • and
  • his
  • wife
  • for
  • a
  • New
  • York
  • society
  • magazine
  • whose
  • readers
  • have
  • an
  • insatiable
  • appetite
  • for
  • news
  • of
  • the
  • Duke
  • and
  • Duchess
  • of
  • Windsor,
  • that
  • glamorous
  • couple
  • whose
  • love
  • affair
  • nearly
  • brought
  • the
  • British
  • monarchy
  • to
  • its
  • knees
  • five
  • years
  • earlier.But
  • beneath
  • the
  • glitter
  • of
  • Wallis
  • and
  • Edward’s
  • marriage
  • lies
  • an
  • ugly
  • and
  • even
  • treasonous
  • reality.
  • In
  • the
  • middle
  • of
  • it
  • all
  • stands
  • Benedict
  • Thorpe:
  • a
  • handsome
  • scientist
  • of
  • tremendous
  • charm
  • and
  • murky
  • national
  • loyalties.
  • When
  • Nassau’s
  • wealthiest
  • man
  • is
  • murdered
  • in
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • notorious
  • cases
  • of
  • the
  • century,
  • Lulu
  • embarks
  • on
  • a
  • journey
  • to
  • discover
  • the
  • truth
  • behind
  • the
  • crime.The
  • stories
  • of
  • two
  • unforgettable
  • women
  • thread
  • together
  • in
  • this
  • extraordinary
  • epic
  • of
  • sacrifice,
  • human
  • love
  • and
  • human
  • courage,
  • set
  • against
  • a
  • shocking
  • true
  • crime…
  • and
  • the
  • rise
  • and
  • fall
  • of
  • a
  • legendary
  • royal couple.
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