Detroit, 1941. With the nation on the brink of war, four people unite against the subversive forces that threaten America’s ‘arsenal of democracy.’
Eva Szabo, a young Hungarian immigrant, goes undercover at the Ford Rouge Assembly plant to expose the company’s illegal campaign of anti-union violence. Her boss, private investigator Elizabeth Waters, infiltrates the city’s pro-Nazi, Christian nationalist groups to root out fifth column treason. Detroit police detective Clarence Brown, part of a segregated squad of Black officers, exposes cynical and deadly schemes to ignite racial violence across the city. And Detective Denny Rankin seeks the links between them all to atone for his part in Detroit’s widespread graft and corruption scandals.
The Arsenal of Deceit recreates a rich historical period with chilling parallels to our own time.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Eva Szabo, a young Hungarian immigrant, goes undercover at the Ford Rouge Assembly plant to expose the company’s illegal campaign of anti-union violence. Her boss, private investigator Elizabeth Waters, infiltrates the city’s pro-Nazi, Christian nationalist groups to root out fifth column treason. Detroit police detective Clarence Brown, part of a segregated squad of Black officers, exposes cynical and deadly schemes to ignite racial violence across the city. And Detective Denny Rankin seeks the links between them all to atone for his part in Detroit’s widespread graft and corruption scandals.
The Arsenal of Deceit recreates a rich historical period with chilling parallels to our own time.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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