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Can I read The Cry of Cicadas on EtoBox?
The Cry of Cicadas by J. Sydney Jones is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Cry of Cicadas about?
A wounded ex-NYPD detective investigates murder and espionage on the coast of California in the early days of WWII. Autumn, 1941—Max Byrns was once a high-flying NYPD detective, but his career ended the night he took a bullet intended for another officer. The shooting left scars both physical and emotional. Now his wife Elizabeth has given up her own successful career at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art so that Max can recover in the peaceful town on the California coast where she and the rest of her wealthy Schuyler family once summered. In San Ignacio, they buy a house from a local Japanese strawberry farmer, Tadeo Suzuki. Elizabeth freelances in art restoration while Max and Tadeo become fast friends. But as the clouds of war gather, Max and Elizabeth worry about their son, Philip, serving in the Army Air Corps, and about the growing anti-Japanese sentiment in San Ignacio. When war finally comes, their simple, happy...
Who reads The Cry of Cicadas?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- J. Sydney Jones
- Publisher
- J. Sydney Jones
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9788989658207
- Category
- work of fiction