When retired historian Leo Grodsky discovers a skeleton buried under an oak tree in his new suburban backyard, his quiet retirement plans are shattered. The body—forty years dead—is clutching a first-edition Hemingway novel. With help from his sharp-eyed wife Brenda and his impossibly nosy neighbor Myrtle, Leo uncovers a Cold War-era mystery involving a missing diplomat, a mysterious government agent, and a Parisian woman who waited a lifetime for answers. Part mystery, part love story, this witty, human-hearted novel proves that some secrets refuse to stay buried.
