Five Years Lying
Five Years Lying. Five Years Lying tells how two men, one a nuclear chemist from
Azerbaijan and the other a Seattle painter, created an International incident between Iran and Israel.
The book has three sections; each is told by one of the
three main characters. Peggy Pryor narrates Pryor Knowledge.
Brad Duello stumbles through Ropemaster. Sisy Duello straightens
us out in Checkmate.
Pryor Knowledge -- Part 1 of Five Years Lying
Peggy Pryor took early retirement to start her own business as a Professional Investigator. The bad economy put her in demand as insurance companies sought her out to uncover insurance fraud. Her current case concerns Brad Duello, who was said to have drowned five years ago. When Peggy proved Duello had not drowned, her safe, tidy life was shattered by an assassin's bullet.
Ropemaster -- Part 2 of Five Years Lying
Brad Duello, a structural painter, disappeared without a trace on June 26, 2002 -- his tenth wedding anniversary. The King County Sheriff's Office determined that Duello drowned in the Green River. Duello's beneficiary will get one million dollars when the coroner signs the death certificate. Duello's wife will get nothing.
Checkmate -- Part 3 of Five Years Lying
Sisy is Brad Duello's wife. Since she was seventeen, Brad set the course for her life. Their marriage teetered on the brink of divorce for nine years. Then on a beautiful May night in 2002, Sisy reached the end of her rope. She slipped the knot and let Brad take the fall.
The Ropemaster Trilogy completes the story started in Five Years Lying. The first book is Mandie Faradin. Mandie is Brad Duello's daughter, born to an Iranian teenager in 1995. Mandie grew up knowing little about her American father. At seventeen, she showed up on Duello's doorstep. Can she mold him into the father she needs?
The second book in the Ropemaster Trilogy is Hope's Herald. The book opens at Duello's second untimely death. In the future, as in the ancient past, reality comes in five dimensions and nothing is as it seems. It is up to Duello and his daughter to transform the world.
The third book in the Ropemaster Trilogy is The Ruse. Duello and daughter have played their part in bringing about the miraculous and are enjoying the fame. But, Duello is not satisfied. He wants to know who's in charge, what's really going on and how it all will end?