In
1935, Nate Heller is hired to escort Amelia Earhart on a speaking tour
due to numerous cut-and-paste death threats against her life. Heller
suspects the threats are a stunt by Earhart's publicity-hungry husband,
and the detective's growing closeness to the bisexual aviatrix leads to a
steamy affair. Two years later, when Earhart embarks on her flight
around the world--and mysteriously disappears over the South
Pacific--Uncle Sam enlists Heller in a clandestine search of Japanese
waters for the popular Earhart...and the top-secret plane she was
flying. Blending the unsolved mystery and historical facts swirling
around Earhart's disappearance with Heller's sarcastic wit, Max Allan
Collins delivers another riveting tale of intrigue and betrayal, taking
Heller far from his native Chicago. As he investigates, Heller discovers
a treacherous plot involving marital betrayal and the U.S. government.
Heller's secret undercover mission leads to Saipan where Earhart is
believed to be held prisoner. But Nate's heartbreaking attempted rescue
leads the detective to return, many years later, to extract his final
revenge.