Shoulder the Sky

Historical Fiction War Fiction Detective Fiction Spy Fiction

Description

Set against the brutal spring campaigns of World War I, this atmospheric historical mystery follows chaplain Joseph Reavley as he discovers that a war correspondent has been murdered by an English hand rather than enemy fire. As Joseph investigates amid the trenches, his sister Judith serves near the front while their brother Matthew pursues a covert search for the elusive Peacemaker, a shadowy figure linked to a far-reaching conspiracy. Moving between the battlefields and the English home front, the novel explores duty, faith, loyalty, propaganda, and the moral costs of war. Anne Perry combines meticulous historical detail with intimate character drama and steadily mounting suspense.