Dawn Leger’s new novel, Eagle Scouting, is now available for purchase. Click on the book below to order your copy today!
On September 11, 2001, the entire country was swept up in feelings that were unfamiliar after the first attack on its land since Pearl Harbor. From cities to small towns, National Guardsmen patrolled armories and “foreigners” were looked at with more animosity than ever. Along the Connecticut shore, in the small fictional town of Jerome, the looming naval base and its adjacent shipyard were not immune to this atmosphere of fear and suspicion, especially after a man was discovered murdered in a gruesome manner, tied to a bed in a Main Street apartment. Although dismissed as a sex-related killing by the local police, the victim’s sister was certain that the death was related to the terrorist acts that had taken place the same day the body was discovered. Both Clara Quiñones and her brother Raoul were trained FBI officers, and he was still on the job in Jerome, seeking the source of a gun-running outfit operating near the naval base. Clara’s search for the truth about his murder alternates with chapters describing Raoul’s discovery of a group of terrorists organizing an attack on New York City.
The fast pace of the two stories takes readers inside the minds of the terrorists, and uncovers the seamy underbelly of life in the shadow of a defense monolith. Interspersed with memories of growing up Hispanic in a transient town, looking after a beloved baby brother and trying to make her own mark on the world, Clara’s journey for truth and vindication takes her deep into the heart of what it means to be good, to be right, and to get justice.
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