<b>Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel</b><br> <br>“War, imprisonment, torture, romance…The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase.”<br><i>New York Times</i><br> <br><i>Five Decembers</i> is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as <i>All the Light We Cannot See</i>.<br><br><b>NOMINATED FOR BEST NOVEL IN THE 2022 EDGAR AWARDS</b><br><b></b><br><b>NOMINATED FOR BEST THRILLER IN THE 2022 BARRY AWARDS</b><br> <br>"Read this book for its palpitating story, its perfect emotional and physical detailing and, most of all, for its unforgettable conjuring of a steamy quicksilver world that will be new to almost every reader."<br>Pico Iyer<br> <br>December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. Because the trail of murder