L.V. Marinov

Author of The Masks We Wear

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About the Novel

When the body of a powerful man disappears, the only clues are long-buried secrets.

Vlado Neshev is a Wall Street banker haunted by his émigré past and the shadow of his father, a former fixer for Bulgaria’s Communist-era State Security. When news arrives that his father has died, Vlado returns to Sofia for the funeral, only to find the body missing. As he delves into the mystery, he uncovers a trail of secrets involving his father’s role in a botched State Security operation to smuggle a priceless Thracian relic decades earlier. Teaming up with Anna, a spirited pathologist-in-training, Vlado faces betrayal, violence and corruption as he uncovers his father’s double life and the brutal legacy of Bulgaria’s Communist regime. A ruthless but shadowy enemy pursues him. Can Vlado stay ahead of this adversary and find his father’s body? And when he falls for Anna, will he confront his own feelings, as well as his past?

In this gripping story of power, deception, and redemption, the masks we wear may prove to be the most dangerous weapon of all.

A thriller that cuts deep as it traces the uncertainty and risks of one man’s personal transformation.

 

— Philip Graham, writer, editor, and founder of Ninth Letter magazine

Thought-provoking and poignant, The Masks We Wear is rich with intrigue and suspense, serving as a timely reminder of the dangers of totalitarianism in a world on the brink of a new Cold War.

 

— Daniela Petrova, author OF HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER

About the Author

L.V. Marinov is a Bulgarian-American novelist and academic anesthesiologist. He received his medical degree from the University of Oslo and trained in anesthesiology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He is the author of over 40 peer-reviewed medical articles and co-editor of Cardiac Anesthesia: The Basics of Evaluation and Management. When not taking care of patients and teaching younger doctors, he explores literary themes that capture the zeitgeist but are universal to the human condition. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Masks We Wear is his debut novel.

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