Nettles’ Secret: Search for Civil War Gold — A MUST-READ.
Dual-timeline historical fiction (1865 and 2017) tells the story of two pieces of gold found behind an old Civil War illustration after Tim Clary’s grandfather dies. This leads Tim, uncle, distant cousins, and Tim’s new girlfriend on a trek to find out more about the Battle of Fort Pillow. They discover a familial relationship to a fictional character who supposed stole much of the gold that, in the real world, people have been hunting for decades. This book tells a tale of how some of it could’ve gone missing. Of course, bad guys come out of the woodwork in 2017. Click the link at bottom of book that says BUY IT HERE.
Historical novel “The Librarian — Intrigue at RAF Greenham” by W.F. Whitson is now available.
The setting is RAF Greenham Common, UK in the early 1980’s when the Peace Women had camps outside base gates 24/7 to protest the placement of ground launched cruise missiles in Britain. Famous is the Embrace the Base Event in December 1982, which attracted celebrities and 30,000 individuals.
Whitson weaves in the story of a Russian spy who, taking advantage of the disruptions by protesters, uses people from Hungary and Scotland to produce a dirty bomb and deliver it onsite to create panic and contaminate the property making it unusable for years.
Are the spy and his helpers foiled?
W.F. Whitson was the first United States Air Force missile officer assigned to RAF Greenham Common and was there during the period of this novel.