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Forty years accumulation of art, antiques, and family photographs are more than just objects for Stanley Pekethey are proof of a life fully lived. A life he could have easily lost long ago.When a con man steals his houseful of possessions in a sophisticated moving-day scam, Peke wanders helplessly through his empty New England home, inevitably reminded of another helpless time decades in Pekes past, a cold and threadbare Stanislaw Shmuel Pecoskowitz eked out a desperate existence in the war-torn Polish countryside, subsisting on scraps and dodging Nazi soldiers. Now, the seventy-two-year-old Pekewho survived, came to America, and succeededmust summon his original grit and determination to track down the thieves, retrieve his things, and restore the life he made for himself.
About the Author
Jonathan Stone has published nine novels, including Moving Day, a Kindle First selection (2014) , The Teller (2015) , Two for the Show (2016) , Days of Night (2017) , and his latest thriller, Die Next (2020) . Three of his novels are currently optioned to Hollywood. His short story "Mailman" was selected for Best American Mystery Stories 2016, edited by Elizabeth George, and his story "The Gauntlet," is in New Haven Noir (2017) , edited by Amy Bloom. He also has several short stories in recent Mystery Writers of America anthologies: "East Meets West" appears in the collection "Ice Cold - Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War", edited by Jeffery Deaver (2014) , "Hedge" appears in "The Mystery Box", edited by Brad Meltzer (2013) , and "Russkies" was selected for the forthcoming collection, "When A Stranger Comes to Town," edited by Michael Koryta (2021) . A graduate of Yale, Jon is married, with a son and daughter. For more, check out jonathanstonebooks.com
