Fic­tion

Shoshana

Michael F Barrett
  • From the Publisher
May 22, 2014

Shoshana is a nov­el set in Con­necti­cut in 1990. Rook­ie cop Artie Don­nel­ly is pushed to the edge by pow­er­ful forces that drag him into the abyss of neo-Nazis pro­tect­ing a for­mer guard from Tre­blin­ka, who has reset­tled in Amer­i­ca. Shoshana, a beau­ti­ful Mossad agent, sud­den­ly enters his life through his men­tor, pro­fes­sor Mor­ris Gold­man, and Artie quick­ly falls in love. But the union pits him against ene­mies on every side, and noth­ing is as it seems.

Artie is a por­trait painter and police artist who comes face-to-face with the hor­rors of the Holo­caust as hero­ic Shoshana reveals she’s a child of sur­vivors. She’s obsessed with bring­ing jus­tice to the despi­ca­ble Ukrain­ian guard who bru­tal­ized her par­ents, but decades after his crimes, she needs Artie’s draw­ing-hand to help find him. 

Shoshana and Artie con­front issues of moral­i­ty, revenge, and the mean­ing of Jew­ish suf­fer­ing through the ages. Artie’s con­science is test­ed as he’s lead through a dan­ger­ous maze that breaks his heart and near­ly costs him his free­dom and his life.

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