Christopher Marlowe Cobb (âKitâ), the swashbuckling early 20th-century American newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that countryâs civil war and the American invasion of Vera Cruz.
But covering the war in enemy territory and in sweltering heat isnât enough of a challenge for Cobb. Soon, heâs falling in love with a young Mexican laundress, Luisa, who may not be as innocent as she seems, and heâs witnessing the inexplicable attempted sniper assassination of a priest (miraculously, the bullet rebounds off the cross around his neck, leaving him unharmed). Now Cobb is also trying to track down a sniperâand figure out why important German officials are coming into the city in the middle of the night from ammunition ships docked in the port.
An exciting tale of intrigue and espionage, Butlerâs powerful crime-fiction debut is a thriller not to be missed.