Death Leaves a Shadow by Gabriel F.W. Koch

Little by little he then provides just enough information to keep them guessing as to who’s pulling the strings and why. From the beginning, he pulls readers in with intense scenes of suspense. First and foremost he’s constructed an intriguingly complex plot.

“Koch is an author who has his priorities in order. Marlowe simply cannot accept the official verdict, and as anguish and rage replace the love he once felt, he is driven by a madness that forces him to question his own integrity while he hunts an elusive killer. Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fiancée has committed suicide. But he begins to believe otherwise when a woman falls for him-and he her. Marlowe Black-a tough, cynical, WWII decorated combat veteran, ex-New York City cop, and licensed PI-believes he’ll never live a life like other men, as his work, and his personality, compel him to walk a path at the edge of society. Attending King Louis, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is alarmed to receive secret intelligence that a new and imminent threat exists to peace.

Amid this upheaval, discontented Bonapartists plot to restore the eagle whose shadow still lies across the continent. Out of the ashes of defeat, France's greatest survivor, Talleyrand, prepares to restore his beaten country to the forefront of European politics. Alexander I, the capricious Tsar of Russia, believes he is the savior of the world, while Great Britain-whose sea power has guaranteed victory at sea and contributed to the military success of Russia, Austria, and Prussia-remains at war with the United States of America. But the victorious Allies are increasingly suspicious of one another. The 'Great War' is at an end and Europe prepares to celebrate the return of legitimate monarchy. King Louis XVIII is brought out of his English exile and escorted back to France by an Allied squadron commanded by the Duke of Clarence. The 'Great War' is at an end and Europe prepares to celebrate the return of.īook Synopsis It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French.

About the Book It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French.

Death Leaves a Shadow by Gabriel F.W. Koch