Love or Murder: The Sampson Mystery

Love or Murder: The Sampson Mystery is a sweeping historical novel that follows Quentin Lewis from his days as a bright-eyed Naval Academy graduate through the twilight of one world war and into the crucible of another. Rising steadily through the ranks of a peacetime Navy, Lewis watches the world transform around him — until December 7th changes everything. Assigned to a Fletcher Class Destroyer in the Pacific, he faces Japanese torpedoes, shark-infested waters, and the brutal cost of war firsthand. But when the newly completed United States Naval Training Station at Sampson, New York needs a commander, Captain Lewis is pulled from the fight — only to discover that duty on the quiet shores of the Finger Lakes carries its own dangerous secrets. As a rural Upstate New York community was uprooted to build Sampson's sprawling base between two beautiful lakes, something happened among its sailors and civilian workers that was never resolved.