Air Force Intrigue E-Book

Grazia Dalberto

• Herausgeber: Youcanprint
• Kategorie: Krimi
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Colonel Mark Ronald Burryon, an electronics engineer and professor at the USF Air Force Academy, dies from a gunshot wound in his villa on the outskirts of Boston. Hasty conclusion of the authorities: suicide. The wife, Mary Grace Gospeller, does not accept this interpretation, investigates and discovers an intrigue that has its roots in the Second World War. The people closest to Grace, who will be joined by a famous author of thrillers and two brave cats, will help to unveil the mystery. Despite the misdirections and betrayals the tenacious protagonist will come to discover a truth hidden for sixty years ...

Leseprobe

SUMMARY

Prologue

Medford, Massachusetts, Thursday April 5th, 2001, 7.00 a.m.

Chapter 1

Boston,

Friday March 22nd, 1992, 9.30 a.m.

Chapter 2

Boston, Friday March 22nd, 1992, 11.45 a.m.

Chapter 3

Boston, Saturday March 23rd, 1992, 5.00 p.m.

Chapter 4

Lecce, Italy, Sunday September 26th, 1943, 9.30 a.m.

Chapter 5

Arlington, Virginia. Sunday October 3th, 1943, 10.00 a.m.

Chapter 6

Detroit, Monday September 20th, 1943, 8.00 a.m.

Chapter 7

Detroit, Monday September 20th, 1943, 10.00 a.m.

Chapter 8

Boston, Sunday April 26th, 1992, 7.25am.

Chapter 9

Boston, Sunday April 26th, 1992, 8.25 a.m.

Chapter 10

Boston, Sunday April 26th, 1992, 10.25 a.m.

Chapter 11

Boston, Sunday April 26th, 1992, 11.15 a.m.

Chapter 12

Boston, Sunday April 26th, 1992, 12.10 p.m.

Chapter 13

Boston, Sunday April 26th, 1992, 12.45 p.m.

Chapter 14

Boston, Monday May 4th, 1992, 9.00 a.m.

Chapter 15

Boston, Monday May 4th, 1992, 9.50 a.m.

Chapter 16

Boston, Monday May 4th, 1992, 10.30 a.m.

Chapter 17

Boston, Thursday June 17th, 1993, 10.00 a.m.

Chapter 18

Boston, Thursday June 17th, 1993, 11.30 a.m.

Chapter 19

Boston, Monday June 21st, 1993, 5.30 p.m.

Chapter 20

Boston, Tuesday June 22nd, 1993, 7.00 a.m.

Chapter 21

Boston, Thursday June 24th, 1993, 2.30 p.m.

Chapter 22

Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Thu. June 24th, 1993, 7.00 p.m.

Chapter 23

Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Fri. June 25th, 1993, 9.30 a.m.

Chapter 24

Boston, Thursday May 5th, 1994, 4.30 p.m.

Chapter 25

Boston, Thursday May 5th, 1994, 5.00 p.m.

Chapter 26

Boston, Thursday May 5th, 1994, 5.30 p.m.

Chapter 27

Boston, Thursday May 28th, 1998 12.00 p.m.

Chapter 28

Boston, Thursday May 28th, 1998, 12.05 p.m.

Chapter 29

Plymouth, Friday September 24th, 1999, 4.00 p.m.

Chapter 30

Plymouth, Fri. September 24th, 1999, 5.00 p.m.

Chapter 31

Plymouth, Friday September 24th, 1999, 5.30 p.m.

Chapter 32

Plymouth, Saturday September 25th, 1999, 9.30 a.m.

Chapter 33

Plymouth, Saturday September 25th, 1999, 10.30 a.m.

Chapter 34

Plymouth, Saturday September 25th, 1999, 3.30 p.m.

Chapter 35

Plymouth, Sunday September 26th, 1999, 9.00 a.m.

Chapter 36

Plymouth, Sunday September 26th, 1999, 10.00 a.m.

Chapter 37

Boston, Sunday April 1st, 2001, 3.30 a.m.

Chapter 38

Plymouth, Sunday April 1st, 2001, 8.30 a.m.

Chapter 39

Plymouth, Sunday April 1st, 2001, 10.30 a.m.

Chapter 40

Boston, Monday April 2nd, 2001, 8.15 a.m.

Chapter 41

Plymouth, Monday April 2nd, 2001, 12.30 p.m.

Chapter 42

Plymouth, Monday April 2nd, 2001, 1.30 p.m.

Chapter 43

Boston, Monday September 20th, 1943, 7.00 p.m.

Chapter 44

Boston, Tuesday April 2nd, 2001, 2.30 a.m.

Plymouth, Wednesday April 3rd, 2001, 2.30 a.m.

Boston, Thursday April 4th, 2001, 8.30 a.m.

Chapter 45

Boston, Friday April 20th, 2001, 9.00 p.m.

Epilogue

New York City, Saturday March 23rd, 2002, 3.00 p.m.

Grazia Dalberto

AIR FORCE INTRIGUE

A CASE OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICES

BASED ON A TRUE STORY

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Title: AIR FORCE INTRIGUE

A CASE OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICES

Authoress: Grazia Dalberto

Cover design by Diego Luci.

Original title. DELITTI E MISTERI ALL’AIR FORCE

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Translation from Italian by Cinzia Evangelista

Authoress' notice

Any reference to persons living or dead, and to current or past facts that may seem real is purely coincidental.

Acknowledgments

With thanks to:

Federica Lippi, for the information on Boston.

Diego Luci, for the cover design. www.diegoluci.it

Luciano Pederzoli, for advice on technical matters.

With special thanks to:

Ralph Colemann for the indispensable collaboration.

… And also to Ralph’s Cat Amadeus the vigilant!

For little Andrea

About the authoress

Grazia Dalberto (pen name of Maria Grazia Evangelista) was born in Florence, has a degree in Classical Studies and was a high school teacher.

A history lover with a keen interest in European rulers from the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century, she decided to take up writing with the help of her friend Ralph Colemann who is a writer of historical novels, and to whom she extends her sincerest gratitude. This book could not have been written without his collaboration and support for her determination to uncover and then publish the truth – albeit fictionalized - about the tragic family event which is the basis for this novel.

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“We must all fear (gossip), because very few of those who hear a malicious comment about others pause to question its veracity. Most, be it true or false, will in turn tell others. It is human nature to find satisfaction in wickedness. And it is rare indeed to find someone who is distressed in hearing another slandered”.

Elizabeth de Wittelsbach,

Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary.

Prologue

Medford, Massachusetts,

Thursday April 5th, 2001, 7.00 a.m.

Mary Grace Gospeller had been fiddling with her pen for a while. She continuously turned it over in her hands while staring at nothing, as if defying space and time with her hazel eyes.

Over and over she had started to write the letter, only to tear it up again, dissatisfied with each effort. Now she ran her hand through her dishevelled blonde hair and put down her glasses. She was about to give up; she had a class to teach at Fenway at nine that morning, and despite being prepared, she worried about being late. If there was one thing she hated, it was being reprimanded by the principal. Lately, given her particular circumstances, he had been very understanding, but she couldn’t continue to take advantage of this.

It was difficult to imagine Grace at a computer keyboard; she used one when necessary, but to her the pen would always be the image and symbol of culture and should never be lost. Maintaining certain traditions was not just an obligation, it was a way of life.

For the past thirty years Grace had taught Latin language and literature at a well-known Boston private high school and this inability to put words to paper did not stem from any linguistic shortcomings. No, it was emotions which played the key role here – the addressee, the letter’s contents... and yet this could possibly end a nightmare which had dragged on for almost ten years and right the wrongs she had endured to the bitter end.

All in all, a victory that could finally bring about a renewed sense of peace; nonetheless, what Grace had uncovered in the course of her investigations was so disturbing it could make everything backfire on her.

Clarify a misunderstanding... yes, this is what she had needed to do so as to find herself again and re-establish normal relationships with others. At first the only objective was a public announcement by the relevant authorities, but what authority should be told what she now knows? None in fact, except the highest in the state.

Massachusetts constituted the intellectual hub of the north-east coast of the United States, and for some families there were certain unwritten rules. Slander must be avoided. Surrounding the unfortunate event hovered a fear of dishonour: that death in some way is inevitable, yes, but death as a hero, not a coward. The question is whether one who kills himself is courageous because he has the guts to do it, or is a coward because he bails out when faced with adversity because of a character weakness... but these are academic musings best left to philosophers and psychologists. In families with a long military tradition there was only one answer: