Mantler's Shack

A historical literary thriller dealing with love, death, fear, and solitude.

What would you do if you accidentally killed someone?

When two bodies end up in the Danube River, Jon Mantler, a quiet and resourceful man from rural North America, finds himself drawn into the shadowy intrigues of Cold War intelligence in Europe.

Jon's traumatic childhood-his mother's disappearance, his father's sudden death, and years of loneliness-linger, shaping the person he has become and the circumstances he ca...