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BITTERN ISLAND IBD

JAMES CONROY
BEACON PUBLISHING GROUP
02 / 2021
9781949472271
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Sinopsis

Karl HoffmannâÇÖs past controls his future.áA past he has not lived.áKarl resides on remote Bittern Island off New EnglandâÇÖs coast.áHe owns All Island Rental supplying tools to locals.áOn the eve of a blizzard, a stranger rents a saw.áThat night an abandoned processing plant burns down.áProbing the fire the local constable discovers a murdered body.áKarlâÇÖs rental agreement provides the victimâÇÖs identity. áKarl is not comfortable with attention.áHe has reasons.áPrior to his motherâÇÖs death, Karl learned he is not the son of Kurt and Galina Hoffmann, German refugees, but the offspring of Kurt Viljandi, Soviet Intelligence defector, and Galina, a ballerina offered asylum in America.áShuffled from menial job to job by their 'handlers,' Kurt and Galina opted for a simple life on Bittern Island where they can live in obscurity.áObscure until Karl wants a life beyond the waters surrounding him. The murder gives Islanders impetus to examine things rather left unacknowledged.áLocal businessman Don Ostros runs a smuggling ring on the Island.áThe 'Don' has spent years ingratiating himself with his neighbors.áHonest citizens turn a blind eye to his crimes and seek to remain uninvolved in attempts to link him to the killing. A State Police investigator has other plans. Karl becomes a target when he is suspected of concealing evidence. To whom does Karl owe loyalty?á'Bittern Island' captures the intrigue below the surface in the most commonplace existence in juxtaposition to the isolation and self-preserving motivation of life lived in remoteness.áHere, the bonds and contradictions of human relationships intertwine physically and psychologically with the forces of nature in all its mutability.