Book Description

His marriage is in trouble and his business has failed, but David Collins is determined to investigate a decades old family tragedy and to bring closure to a huge void in his life. For years he has wondered what caused his twelve year old brother to leave his wartime billet on a cold December night and disappear from an isolated beach. He is increasingly obsessed with examining the role played by the people his brother was billeted with, and with determining the involvement of the officials who were charged with his safe keeping. Along with a skeptical cousin and the cousin's keenly interested wife, David travels to England to peel back years of family history and official deceptions. Bravo's Veil is the story of their investigation. It's also the story of his brother Paul's time in pre-war London and the months leading up to his disappearance in Cornwall. The activities of a beautiful billeting official come into focus. Her affair with a young police constable and her deep involvement in a local MI-5 operation are revealed, and so are requests for Paul to run some strange errands. The final clues regarding Paul's fate are found in an envelope containing his childhood keepsakes. The emotional investigation serves up many surprises. But one extraordinary and very disturbing secret shocks David to his core and changes his life forever.