I’m fascinated by the ways people search for meaning and connection while buffeted about by the stresses of wartime and economic strife, again and again throughout the course of human history. I hope that my books both illuminate and entertain. I do my best to seamlessly blend fact and fiction into fast-paced, meticulously researched historical thrillers that feature well-known real life characters realistically impacting the lives of my fictional protagonists and antagonists.
Writers whose works I enjoy include Caleb Carr, Nelson DeMille, Frederick Forsyth and Wilbur Smith; I hope readers of these masters will also enjoy my work.
Devil’s Den is the first in a series of novels set in the 1920s featuring Seth Armitage, an agent of the Bureau of Investigation (forerunner to the FBI). Armitage is the scion of an old Virginia family that still bears the scars of the Civil War. One of his grandfathers was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg (a subplot in Devil’s Den). Seth served with the US Marines in France during World War I and won a Silver Star for bravery during the Battle of Belleau Wood. During the course of Devil’s Den(and in subsequent novels), Armitage becomes a reluctant protege of J. Edgar Hoover.
In Shadowland, the next book in the series, will take Seth Armitage back to France to investigate the death of President Teddy Roosevelt’s son during World War I. In the exciting yet treacherous Paris and Berlin of the Roaring 20s, Armitage will confront some unresolved issues from his wartime service while on a special assignment for the Bureau.
Devil’s Den was great. How about another story with Seth Armitage?
Matt
Thanks Matt. Another Seth Armitage adventure is in the works!