Sixteen-year-old Buddy Boyle makes a shattering discovery about his
family in this powerful and poignant novel by award-winning author M. E.
Kerr
Buddy Boyle lives with his parents and younger brother in a small house
on a half-acre of land in undesirable Seaville, New York. Skye
Pennington spends her summers on the opposite end of town on five acres
with a view of the ocean. Buddy's dad is a police sergeant; Skye's is
the head of a multi-million-dollar industry.
But none of that stops Buddy and Skye from falling in love. To impress
her, Buddy takes Skye to visit his aristocratic grandfather in Montauk.
Frank Trenker is Buddy's mother's father, a man she never talks about.
Just as Buddy feels he's getting to know his estranged grandfather,
reporter Nicholas De Lucca shows up. For three years, he's been
searching for a notorious Nazi war criminal known as Gentlehands. When
De Lucca uncovers a shocking connection to Buddy's grandfather, Buddy
refuses to believe the accusations.
One of M. E. Kerr's very best novels, Gentlehands tells a spellbinding
story of love, loyalty, and the family you thought you knew.