Bretherton

In November 1918, as the Germans are in their final retreat, a British raiding party under fire follows the sound of piano music and stumbles across an eerie scene in a ruined chateau. A German officer lies dead at the keys, next to a beautiful woman, also deceased, in full evening dress. But what makes their discovery especially strange is that the man is the spitting image of G. B. Bretherton, a British officer missing in action. This tale of mystery and identity, first published in 1930, is not only an authentic account of the brutal conditions at the battlefront; it's also a remarkable thriller with a twisting, unusual plot that earned it comparisons to John Buchan and the best espionage writers.

Fans of war stories and suspense novels alike-and readers of modern WWI tales like Robert Olen Butler's The Star of Istanbul-will find themselves caught up in this lost gem from the Great War era.