The Old Rugged Double Cross

It’s 1957, with Mitch Miller on the radio and Sputnik orbiting overhead. In this fourth Father Hardy outing, Hardy and his friends brave the drifting snow and deadly Arctic chill to search for a missing local woman. Can they find her in time? What Hardy reveals to the marshal about her, will shock you. There’s a prowler on the loose. Is he a murderer? Is he a stranger or, God forbid, “one of us?” Can they catch him before he strikes again? And with the nearby Clear Station DEW Line facility a reality, scanning the skies for Soviet bombers and possible nuclear attack, can spies and saboteurs be far behind? Or are they already here? In the sub-Arctic half light of this remote Alaskan town, strange and deadly secrets and twisted passions will be revealed. In Chandalar, where everybody once knew everybody and relied on each other, who do they know now? With doors locking, shades pulling, people looking back over their shoulders, is Father Hardy, with Andy, Evie, and William, up to an international enemy? Or will they be blown away. Over at the Coffee Cup Café, with brightly-lit windows frosted, cigarette smoke gently rising, and the mooseburger sizzling, Rosie is right: It’s cookin’.