{"product_id":"the-memory-of-eva-ryker-paperback","title":"The Memory of Eva Ryker - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Stanwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eccentric billionaire, a best-selling author, and a beautiful, self-destructive woman: three lives linked by the tragic sinking of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e April 11, 1912: The gala sailing out of Southampton of White Star Line's peerless luxury liner, the R.M.S. \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e. Among the dazzling, doomed names on the passenger list for this, the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e's maiden voyage, is Clair August Ryker, the lovely and dissolute wife of billionaire industrialist William Ryker, and her ten-year-old daughter, Eva. Also present is a young couple, obviously newlyweds, the Eddingtons, who are drawn to Clair and her child. Beneath the decks, in the cargo hold, is a crate marked Ryker Industries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e November 30, 1941: In Honolulu, the apparently accidental death of tourist Albert Klein and the brutal murder of his wife confound the promising career of a rookie cop. Norman Hall will never be able to forget the grisly sight of the dismembered body of Martha Klein. Decades later, a best-selling author, he is still haunted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What could possibly link these events? A faded film, capturing the sunny pleasures of a ship-board party, and a terrifying recording of a voice describing a night of darkest infamy and moral outrage? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is Norman Hall's assignment, fifty years after the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e, to cover for \u003ci\u003eWorld Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e William Ryker's multimillion-dollar salvage expedition to recover the lost riches of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e. Norman Hall is determined to understand the reclusive billionaire's motives for the expedition, but as he delves deeper into the past, he finds himself in grave danger. To solve the mystery, he must somehow unlock the memory of the deeply troubled Eva Ryker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Stanwood is the author of two novels. His first, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Eva Ryker\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1978 to great acclaim, hitting the \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list, garnering an Edgar Award nomination, and boasting reprints in several languages. In 1980, Warner Bros and Irwin Allen produced it as a three-hour TV-movie for CBS starring Natalie Wood and Robert Foxworth. Stanwood has been a guest lecturer at University of California at Fullerton and University of California at Irvine, and is a member of an Orange County writers' critique group whose past members include Jo-Ann Mapson, T. Jefferson Parker, and Elizabeth George. He currently lives in Stanton, California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53394177294701,"sku":"9781504008501","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/clcxSVNlc2dkY0h3enZrYkJzK013UT09.webp?v=1780354387","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-memory-of-eva-ryker-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}