The Persian Helmet

I WROTE THIS BOOK, INSPIRED BY A REAL PERSIAN HELMET, BUT THE STORY IS -- WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF INSPIRED? -- LOOSELY BASED ON THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING. I WILL GIVE $1 FROM EVERY SALE TO ONE RUN FOR BOSTON OR THE ONE FUND OR OTHER FUNDS TO HELP BOSTON MARATHON VICTIMS.When Clare Bower finds an antique Persian helmet in the trash, she couldn't have guessed its connections to jihadists, the FBI, and the Cosa Nostra. If she had known, she would have picked it up anyway. The helmet is...
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I WROTE THIS BOOK, INSPIRED BY A REAL PERSIAN HELMET, BUT THE STORY IS -- WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF INSPIRED? -- LOOSELY BASED ON THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING. I WILL GIVE $1 FROM EVERY SALE TO ONE RUN FOR BOSTON OR THE ONE FUND OR OTHER FUNDS TO HELP BOSTON MARATHON VICTIMS.When Clare Bower finds an antique Persian helmet in the trash, she couldn't have guessed its connections to jihadists, the FBI, and the Cosa Nostra. If she had known, she would have picked it up anyway. The helmet is a star player in a disaster similar to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.The Persian Helmet brings back Roxy and Jim, Clare's friends from The Wish Book, along with the enigmatic Jackson, and introduces a new man into her life. Clench Bargo is an Army veteran, linguist, farmer, vintner, and part-time deputy sheriff.The Persian helmet in this story and on the cover is a real helmet that I really found in the late 1970s, in a trunk on a curb in the suburbs of Kent, Ohio. It is in a safe place now, and remains a real mystery.