Slapton Sands [Paperback]

Francis Cottam (Author)

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Publication Date: January 3, 2005

The long, hot summer of 1976 and American student Alice Bourne is heading for the south Devon coast to research an event that took place 32 years earlier: a catastrophe which claimed the lives of 1,500 American marines. No one seems to know exactly what happened that fateful day in April, 1944. But as Alice learns more about the farm boys from Iowa and Nebraska who came to an alien land prepared to battle against Nazism, she determines that the true story of their sacrifice should finally be told. Herself a stranger in a strange land, Alice is only just becoming used to the English and their peculiar ways. But someone is making her increasingly unwelcome. Minor disturbing incidents escalate until Alice believes she's being haunted; targeted by a malevolent individual with his own dark reasons for preventing her from finding out what really happened at Slapton Sands. A poignant love story and a chilling tale of suspense, this beautifully-crafted novel gradually peels back the layers of past and present to reveal the harrowing truth about a tragic wartime event and its devastating repercussions.

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About the Author

Francis Cottam was born in Southport, Merseyside, in 1957. A full-time journalist, he has lived and worked in London for the past twenty years. His first novel, THE FIRE FIGHTER, was published in 2001.

Product Details

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 3, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743461525
ISBN-13: 978-0743461528
Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,051,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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