Overview: Present day Tyneside and Northumberland provide the setting for βThe Sweet Smell of Rainβ the dΓ©but novel by former Detective Ian Douthwaite. We follow the daily exploits of Detective Sergeant Jim Hodder, a man who is battle-weary, downtrodden and careworn, and whose countless shortcomings
The Smell of Rain
β Scribed by Cameron MacElvee
- Book ID
- 110645663
- Publisher
- Bold Strokes Books
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 291 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781635551679
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Published: May 15, 2018
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Air Force lieutenant and military interpreter Chrys Safis lost her leg fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria. Once back home in DC, her fiancΓ©e leaves, her military career ends, and her faith in humanity evaporates. With prescription drugs and alcohol her only relief from the pain, Chrys is on her way to becoming a statistic.
That is until the State Department calls and offers her an important assignmentβto serve as a diplomatic liaison and interpreter for a Turkish national living in exile. Reyha Arslan, a wise and elegant woman with a tragic past, shows Chrys that thereβs still beauty to embrace and reason to hope despite the worldβs cruelty. With Reyhaβs help, Chrysβs broken spirit starts to heal and she learns that the most significant love is often the shortest lived.
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