Thomas Mullen dives deeply into the gray area between good and evil in The Rumor Game with two protagonists caught by conflicting loyalties in Boston, 1943: to truth and justice, to safety and pragmatism, to family ties and patriotism. Anne Lemire is a journalist struggling to make a name in the very sexist media world while FBI agent Devon Mulvey is fighting to uphold the law when so many others around him are more than happy to sweep things under the rug. Mullen drops our heroes into the thick things and it’s anyone’s guess what will happen next. More than once I thought about red strings and corkboards to keep track of the criminal schemes and shenanigans...

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