Long Time Coming

Stephen Swan is amazed when he hears that the uncle he thought had been killed in the Blitz is actually alive. For nearly four decades, Eldritch Swan has been locked away in an Irish prison and now, at last, has been released. Shocked and suspicious, Stephen listens to the old man's story and is caught up in a tale that begins at the dawn of World War II, when Eldritch worked for an Antwerp diamond dealer with a trove of Picassos--highly valuable paintings that later disappeared. Stephen, who finds his uncle by turns devious, charming, and brazen, then meets Rachel Banner, a beautiful American who may have inherited the Picassos--and is determined to see justice done for her family. But in this tale of revenge and redemption, justice is the ultimate illusion. Eldritch, Stephen, and the woman Stephen has fallen in love with soon find themselves fighting for their lives--against sinister forces still guarding a secret that must never be revealed.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 03/02/2010
ISBN: 9780385343619
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.12w x 0.91d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner
Award: Anthony Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2010 pg. 8
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2010 pg. 31
Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 50
New York Times Book Review 03/14/2010 pg. 26
BookPage 03/01/2010