Peacetime
by Robert Edric
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In 1946, into a suspicious and isolated community comes James Mercer, employed in the demolition of gun platforms. He befriends the wife and daughter of Lynch, a soldier soon to be released from the military. Lynch's return threatens violence; and in a place where nothing has changed for decades, where peacetime feels no different than wartime, Mercer finds himself powerless to prevent events quickening to their violent and unexpected conclusion.Tags
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Robert Edric is the author of several novels, including The Book of the Heathen. He currently lives in East Yorkshire
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- Original publication date
- 2002
- People/Characters
- James Mercer; Lynch; Mathias; Jacob
- Important places
- the Wash
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- 45
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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