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My Latest Release - War of the Nocturne's Widow

The exciting conclusion to Stanley Wisniewski's story as begun in "The Willow's Bend"...

Released in late April 2018, "War of the Nocturne's Widow" begins with the CIA agent Diane "The Huntress" Sterling missing, prompting an intelligence agency war with Britain's Secret Service - MI6.

An action filled conclusion, set in the depths of the Cold War, this novel explores the end of World War II and the subsequent creation of the communist regime of East Germany. The rise of the repressive Stasi regime, the Berlin Airlift, and even the rise and fall of "Der Mauer" - The Berlin Wall.

All your favorite charcters are here....

Diane, "The Huntress" whose world has been destroyed, seeking reconcilliation and truth!

Sophie, aka "Zosia" - The innocent, yet insightful, Polish cultural expert .

Emory - the young German linquist and Stasi expert .

Malcolm Devereaux - the carefree MI6 agent and ever-careful protector of Diane.

The devious and corrupt Jack Trellis, Deputy Director of Operations for the CIA...

and his "seek and destroy" Black Ops specialist known only as Carlyle.

And so many more!

Who is Stanley Wisniewski?

Stanley is a 70 year-old former agent of the CIA. His peaceful, but unchallenging, retirement is shattered when he is called upon to discover the truth regarding the suspicious death of an Aerospace Industry executive found drowned in the canals of Amsterdam. (The Willow's Bend).

Stanley's backstory is told in "Chasing The Winter's Wind" as Stanley himself is chased across Europe by his former employer.

In "War of the Nocturne's Widow", Stanley is unwittingly drawn into The Osiris Project, a vehicle of treachery devised by his corrupt CIA superior during the height of the Cold War...

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The Chopin Trilogy

The Willow's Bend

An Aerospace Executive is found drowned in the canals of Amsterdam.

Stanley Wisniewski is a retired CIA officer, called in to solve this mysterious death for the firm that manufactures the CIA's Daedalus Destroyer Drones.

As he investigates, he recalls the three promises he made to his dying father, an Auschwitz survivor:

- Cherish and Care For Your Mother

- Always Remember your Polish Heritage

- Throughout Your Life, Protect The Weak from The Abuses of the Strong

Thus, two stories are concurrently told - Stanley solving the murder of the Defense Executive, and his father's telling of how he was able to survive the horrors of Auschwitz and World War II. The two tales across time intertwine, lighting the fuse to the dramatic climax which takes place in Warsaw.

Historical themes explored include the Nazi and Russian invasions of Poland, the infamous development of the Auschwitz and Birkenau Nazi Concentration Camps, The August 1944 Polish Insurgency (The Warsaw Uprising) and a brief summary of the history of Poland. Pride of the Polish Culture is the central theme.

Set in Baltimore, Washington DC, California, London, Amsterdam and Poland, with the climatic conclusion of both stories taking place in Warsaw's Stare Miasto and Krasiński Square.

198 Pages

Published April 2016

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Chasing The Winter's Wind

This novel begins in the closing moments of The Willow's Bend.

Stanley Wisniewski is now being chased across Europe by his former boss, Deputy Director Jack Trellis of the CIA. Stanley knows the excesses of Trellis' greed, and that Trellis wants him silenced forever. Trellis has the search for the aged spy led by Stanley's former protege, Diane "The Huntress" Sterling. Trellis has also added to the team the ominous Special Ops recruit, Carlyle, whose secret mission is to silence Stanley once Diane finds him.

Stanley is driven by his love for the beautiful Agnieszka Danuska, the beautiful wife of Communist Poland's Economic Minister. Stanley recalls the years he spent in Warsaw, developing Agnieszka and her son as the core of his network within the emerging Solidarity Trade Union in Gdansk.

This story deals with the historical events ranging from the 1940 Katyń Massacre to the Gdansk shipyard strikes of 1980, leading to the failure of the Communist State in Poland.

The story is set in Washington DC, London, Berlin, Vienna, Warsaw, Gdansk, Görlitz, Milan and France. The climatic ending takes place in Paris' celebrated Père Lachaise Cemetery at the foot of Frédéric Chopin's tomb.

428 Pages

Published September 2017

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War of the Nocturne's Widow

Diane Sterling is missing, and this fact alone threatens to ignite an intelligence war.

Following the conclusion of "Chasing The Winter's Wind", the CIA cannot locate their agent, Diane, who they have respectfully given the moniker of "The Huntress".

Jack Trellis, Deputy Director of Operations for the CIA suspects Diane is being harbored by his nemesis within the British Secret Service (MI6), George Chartwell.

Trellis fears Diane carries with her his darkest secrets of the Cold War, Project Osiris.

Join your favorite characters returning for this concluding installment of The Chopin Trilogy -the young innocent Polish cultural agent Sophie, the young German Stasi expert Emory Hauptmann, the charming British spy Malcolm Devereaux, the ambitious internet publisher Preston Almesbury, Trellis' CIA adjutant Ellison Redmond, and the ever-erring Dominic Reeves. And, of course, carrying the story from "The Willow's Bend" through this novel is the idealistic Stanley Wisniewski.

The story deals historically with the establishment of the communist state of East Germany after World War II, and their repressive Stasi Secret Police. The history of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, in the context of events leading to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, is explored.

The novel is set in Washington DC, London, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Poland. The exciting conclusion takes place in and around Berlin.

224 Pages

Published April 2018

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