Heart of Deception: A Novel

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Harper Collins, Apr 5, 2011 - Fiction - 352 pages

From M. L. Malcolm, the acclaimed author of Heart of Lies, comes a powerful sequel that spans the years from World War II to the turbulent 1960s—the riveting story of a family struggling with choices forced upon them by war . . . and the consequences that will take a generation to unfold.

Aman of many contradictions, Leo Hoffman is a Hungarian national with a French passport, a wealthy businessman with no visible means of support, and a devoted father who hasn't seen his daughter in years. He is also a spy.

Recruited by the Allies to help lay the groundwork for their invasion of North Africa, Leo intends to engage in as little espionage as possible—just enough to earn his American citizenship so he can get to New York and reunite with his daughter, Maddy. But while Leo dodges death in France and Morocco, Maddy is learning shocking truths about her father's mysterious past—haunting knowledge that will compel her down her own dangerous path of deception and discovery.

 

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
13
Section 3
20
Section 4
27
Section 5
36
Section 6
47
Section 7
56
Section 8
65
Section 20
205
Section 21
212
Section 22
219
Section 23
231
Section 24
243
Section 25
248
Section 26
254
Section 27
264

Section 9
69
Section 10
81
Section 11
88
Section 12
94
Section 13
99
Section 14
114
Section 15
139
Section 16
154
Section 17
166
Section 18
174
Section 19
187
Section 28
271
Section 29
280
Section 30
291
Section 31
295
Section 32
304
Section 33
313
Section 34
330
Section 35
337
Section 36
341
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About the author (2011)

M. L. Malcolm has won several awards for short fiction, including recognition in the Lorian Hemingway International Short Story Competition, and a silver medal from ForeWord magazine for Historical Fiction Book of the Year. Malcolm has lived in Florida, Boston, Washington, D.C., France, New York, and Atlanta, and currently resides in Los Angeles.

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