The Way the Crow Flies
Author: Ann-Marie MacDonald
Desc: The optimism of the early sixties infused with the excitement of the space race and the menace of the Cold War is filtered through the rich imagination of high-spirited eight-year-old Madeleine who welcomes her family's posting to a quiet Air Force base near the Canadian border. Secure in the love of her beautiful mother she is unaware that her father Jack is caught up in a web of secrets. When a very local murder intersects with global forces Jack must decide where his loyalties lie and Madeleine will be forced to learn a lesson about the ambiguity of human morality -- one she will only begin to understand when she carries her quest for the truth and the killer into adulthood twenty years later.