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Paperback Book Details
  • 04/2014
  • 9781940745749
  • 378 pages
  • $11.99
Ebook Details
  • 11/2013
  • 9781939927460 B00DUWZJZG
  • 378 pages
  • $2.99
Hardcover Details
  • 05/2015
  • 978-0-9961568-6-8
  • 360 pages
  • $25.00
Audio Details
  • 06/2015
  • B0192Q8M2
  • 360 pages
  • $21.83
Richard McMahon
Author
The Dark Side of Glory
In this suspense novel set during the Korean War, Matthew Clark, the biographer of a respected and highly decorated Army general, learns that there is a hidden side to his life, involving a brutal, covered-up murder, a secret mistress, and an abandoned illegitimate daughter. As he delves deeper, Matthew discovers an intriguing mystery and a tragic love, in a world of surprises where nothing is at it seems. Tracing the general’s earlier career during the occupation of Japan and through the early days of the Korean War, Matthew follows the lives of four principle characters: Philip Coursen, who appears to be the perfect Army officer, but with a disturbing dark side, Miriam Coursen, equally perfect Army wife, who may hide a secret agenda, Calvin Carter, an idealistic young West Pointer, beset with guilt as a result of his clandestine affair with another officer’s wife, and Samantha Winstead, the beautiful, vivacious cause of Calvin Carter’s discomfort. The biography takes a personal turn for Matthew, as he finds himself drawn into the story when he falls in love with the young woman who claims to be Coursen’s daughter.
Reviews
Dispatches, official member publication, Together We Served

In this page-turning suspense novel, Richard McMahon expertly switches between two settings and time periods, the earlier being the Korean War, and the current a who-done-it mystery. McMahon's novel is ranked up there with some of the most renowned mystery writers of our time. You will stay up late reading it all the way to the very end, when the final secret is revealed.  --Michael Christy, Editor
 

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Fans of "M.A.S.H." (and who isn't?) will enjoy this tale of sexual and military intrigue during the Korean War. Winner of a gold medal for historical fiction by the Military Writers Society of America, the narrative jumps about in time from a young woman's murder in 1950s Tokyo to a burial in Punchbowl in 1969. The Honolulu author's suspenseful plot is nicely carried by sparse, clean prose. 

Military Writers Society of America.

The Dark Side of Glory by Richard McMahon ranks right beside David Baldacci's bestselling novels when it comes to plot twists and turns and jaw-dropping surprises. Just when you think you've figured out what happens next, McMahon throws a ten-pound sledgehammer through your preconceptions. It's an edge-of-your-seat thriller by a top-flight talent. Truly, The Dark Side of Glory is a stunning triumph!   --Dwight Jon Zimmerman, award-winning military historian and #1 New York Times bestselling author. President.

Formats
Paperback Book Details
  • 04/2014
  • 9781940745749
  • 378 pages
  • $11.99
Ebook Details
  • 11/2013
  • 9781939927460 B00DUWZJZG
  • 378 pages
  • $2.99
Hardcover Details
  • 05/2015
  • 978-0-9961568-6-8
  • 360 pages
  • $25.00
Audio Details
  • 06/2015
  • B0192Q8M2
  • 360 pages
  • $21.83
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