We are delighted to announce that Jan Stirling Locke has signed with us for Deception‘s sequel, Restoration!
Jan was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne. As a qualified registered nurse and teacher of English, Jan has lived and worked in many countries.
As a young woman she travelled alone through Europe, ‘in pursuit of love and adventure’, and as a child of the ‘50s, whose father, uncles and aunts had fought and/or played a role in the Allied victory, Jan grew up imbued with the concept that the Germans were ‘baddies’. As an adult, during frequent visits to her cottage in Normandy, Jan attended the commemorative ceremonies of the D-day landings with her family, hosted veterans, and became an honorary member of the, now sadly disbanded, Grimsby Veterans Association. A walk along one of the lanes beside the cottage sparked her consideration for the German soldiers who had also died during World War Two, whose bereaved families would not be permitted to mourn their loss. They too were fighting for their country, albeit one ruled by Hitler. This prompted her to read about life in Germany in the 1930s, and to begin working on Deception.
Coming spring 2025, Restoration follows Former Wehrmacht General Karl von Werstein after the exoneration of war crimes at his trial in Nuremberg. He is reunited with his wife, Helen, and baby son but their future together looks bleak as they reflect on where they can live in the aftermath of the war. Both become caught up in the web of intrigue and shifting loyalties that define post war Germany. Their lives are threatened and their love for each other is tested to the limits.
