The Rumor Game

Pearl Harbor has been attacked and America looks set to join her allies in the war in Europe. On the streets of Boston, far from the killing fields, there are battles of a different sort taking place, all somehow linked to the devastating events taking place overseas.

Anne Lemire is a young female journalist trying to make her voice heard in a world of men. Although raised Catholic, Anne’s mother is Jewish and Anne has struggled for years to find her place in society. While she may not know her own feelings around religion and belief, she does know that the attacks on Jewish people in her neighbourhood and the rise of fascism in the United Sates are fundamentally wrong. If only she could find a way to do something about it, something that will make a real difference, something more than just disproving the local rumours and gossip in her newspaper column.

Devon Mulvey is an Irish Catholic FBI agent who also has difficulty fitting in, even if he is back working in his hometown. As he tries to track down the killer of a Jewish factory worker, he also has to deal with the realisation that his own family might be behind some of the propaganda and attacks that have been happening close to home. His job is to investigate sabotage by Nazis, fascists, or their sympathisers, within industries working to help the war effort. To do so, he too must uncover rumours which may, or may not, turn out to be true.

As Anne and Devon’s paths cross, tensions heat up and fiction becomes fact. Based on true events, this thriller explores fear, antisemitism, corruption, and loyalty in a time of great change. It is also disturbing and remarkably relevant right now.