- From
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- authors
- of
- The
- Forgotten
- Room
- comes
- a
- captivating
- historical
- mystery,
- infused
- with
- romance,
- that
- links
- the
- lives
- of
- three
- women
- across
- a
- century—two
- deep
- in
- the
- past,
- one
- in
- the
- present—to
- the
- doomed
- passenger
- liner,
- RMS
- Lusitania.May
- 2013
Her
- finances
- are
- in
- dire
- straits
- and
- bestselling
- author
- Sarah
- Blake
- is
- struggling
- to
- find
- a
- big
- idea
- for
- her
- next
- book.
- Desperate,
- she
- breaks
- the
- one
- promise
- she
- made
- to
- her
- Alzheimer’s-stricken
- mother
- and
- opens
- an
- old
- chest
- that
- belonged
- to
- her
- great-grandfather,
- who
- died
- when
- the
- RMS
- Lusitania
- was
- sunk
- by
- a
- German
- U-Boat
- in
- 1915.
- What
- she
- discovers
- there
- could
- change
- history.
- Sarah
- embarks
- on
- an
- ambitious
- journey
- to
- England
- to
- enlist
- the
- help
- of
- John
- Langford,
- a
- recently
- disgraced
- Member
- of
- Parliament
- whose
- family
- archives
- might
- contain
- the
- only
- key
- to
- the
- long-ago
- catastrophe.
- .
- .
- .April
- 1915
Southern
- belle
- Caroline
- Telfair
- Hochstetter’s
- marriage
- is
- in
- crisis.
- Her
- formerly
- attentive
- industrialist
- husband,
- Gilbert,
- has
- become
- remote,
- pre-occupied
- with
- business
- .
- .
- .
- and
- something
- else
- that
- she
- can’t
- quite
- put
- a
- finger
- on.
- She’s
- hoping
- a
- trip
- to
- London
- in
- Lusitania’s
- lavish
- first-class
- accommodations
- will
- help
- them
- reconnect—but
- she
- can’t
- ignore
- the
- spark
- she
- feels
- for
- her
- old
- friend,
- Robert
- Langford,
- who
- turns
- out
- to
- be
- on
- the
- same
- voyage.
- Feeling
- restless
- and
- longing
- for
- a
- different
- existence,
- Caroline
- is
- determined
- to
- stop
- being
- a
- bystander,
- and
- take
- charge
- of
- her
- own
- life.
- .
- .
- .Tessa
- Fairweather
- is
- traveling
- second-class
- on
- the
- Lusitania,
- returning
- home
- to
- Devon.
- Or
- at
- least,
- that’s
- her
- story.
- Tessa
- has
- never
- left
- the
- United
- States
- and
- her
- English
- accent
- is
- a
- hasty
- fake.
- She’s
- really
- Tennessee
- Schaff,
- the
- daughter
- of
- a
- roving
- con
- man,
- and
- she
- can
- steal
- and
- forge
- just
- about
- anything.
- But
- she’s
- had
- enough.
- Her
- partner
- has
- promised
- that
- if
- they
- can
- pull
- off
- this
- one
- last
- heist
- aboard
- the
- Lusitania,
- they’ll
- finally
- leave
- the
- game
- behind.
- Tess
- desperately
- wants
- to
- believe
- that,
- but
- Tess
- has
- the
- uneasy
- feeling
- there’s
- something
- about
- this
- job
- that
- isn’t
- as
- it
- seems.
- .
- .
- .As
- the
- Lusitania
- steams
- toward
- its
- fate,
- three
- women
- work
- against
- time
- to
- unravel
- a
- plot
- that
- will
- change
- the
- course
- of
- their
- own
- lives
- .
- .
- .
- and
- history itself.
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