War Babies — Frederick Busch

A short but powerful tale weaving together moral complexity and romantic intrigue, Frederick Busch's War Babies is the story of an American lawyer in his mid-thirties (Peter Santore) who travels to England in an attempt to tie up the loose ends of his own dark past.

Peter's father, a prisoner who turned traitor in a Korean War POW camp, might have had something to do with a fellow captive's death, the father of one Hilary Pennelsâ€"â€"now a woman Peter's age who lives in Salisbury. When Peter and Hilary meet, they both want information from the other, and more, and find themselves engaged in a wary dance of attraction laced with mistrust. But it may be a third person, the sole remaining survivor of the campâ€"â€"a Mr. Foxâ€"â€"who holds the key to the mystery of betrayal that haunts Peter and Hilary alike.