Summary

When the borders between East and West Berlin closed overnight in August of 1961, families and friends were suddenly split by concrete and barbed wire. Couples found themselves marooned on opposite sides of a divided city.When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, the East German secret police, the Stasi, shredded documents in a desperate effort to hide the secrets they had been collecting about their own people.When the shredded documents are discovered, a newly organized group called the Puzzle People will begin to piece all of the tiny bits of paper back together. Annie O'Shea becomes one of those people. But as the pieces come together, Annie uncovers the incredible story of two couples split apart when the Wall went up. She also discovers a tangle of betrayal, espionage, mystery, and murder. And even worse, she has no idea whom she can trust.