A Promise to Die For

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You don't ignore a man's dying wish.

Retired diplomat Sam Hough finds himself on a transatlantic flight to Europe when he makes a seemingly innocent promise to find the five-year-old son of a dying friend. A son that Curt had only recently learned about.

In the seamy neighborhoods of Paris, Sam quickly learns that those who agree to help him soon disappear. Those who stay refuse to help him, and still others want to kill him rather than help him find the boy. Was Curt being completely honest with him or did he purposely leave vital details out But if so, why His search through the narrow streets of Paris leads him to rekindle a long-lost romance and into a maze of suspicion, betrayal, and growing danger.

In its shadows, the City of Light holds deadly secrets. Sam must get to the bottom of what's really at the heart of Curt's mysterious request before his promise turns into an epitaph.

For readers who enjoy thrillers by Graham Greene, John Le Carr, and Jack Slater.

Author Bio

Stephen Holgate has led a remarkably varied life. Besides serving as a diplomat in American embassies overseas, he has worked as a congressional staffer; acted with the national tour of an improvisational theater group; worked as a crew member of a barge on the canals of France; and lived in a tent while working as a gardener in Malibu.
His novel Tangier received the Silver Medal in Fiction from the Independent Publishers group and made Bookreaders ten-best list in the Indie Mystery/Suspense category. Madagascar, met with similar critical success, receiving a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly as well as another listing from Bookreaders among the ten best Mystery/Suspense novels of the year. Holgate lives with his wife, Felicia, in Portland, Oregon.