Harry and Vera have lost their long term spouses and are struggling to adjust to life as senior citizens who are single again. They were drawn together when Harry impusively buys an old watercolor in a Maine antique shop. It is in very bad condition and Harry asks Vera, an accomplished artist, to help him restore it. She discovers the watercolor conceals a beautiful oil portrait of a gorgeous woman which a prominent museum in Washington identifies as the work of Winslow Homer. This plunges Harry and Vera into an action packed quest to establish provenance since the circumstances of the...

This is an historical novel based on real events which occurred during and after WWII. Close combat in the bloody battle for Germany was a life changing event for the men involved. Elmer Davis was wounded in a desparate attack on the Seigfried line. He was captured by a young German corporal and spent seven months in a German military prison. These experiences changed Elmer from a shy underachiever into a fierce determined criminal defense lawyer with a reputation as a daring risk taker. In a bizarre coincidence when he was in Europe on a mission to recover art stolen by the Nazis, he met the...