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Forty-Five|Aditya Gupta

Forty-Five : A Novel of Purpose, Music, and the Secrets We Bury

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Overview

At forty-five, Daniel Kessler is an actuary who calculates everyone's risks but his own - numb, divorced, and quietly grieving a father he never understood. Then a stranger's violin stops him cold in the middle of Times Square. Vera Sokolova is a former Soviet concertmaster turned street musician, carrying a past far heavier than the tip jar at her feet. As their unlikely friendship deepens through illness, estrangement, and a hidden painting kept secret for twenty-three years, Daniel finally begins to paint again, forgive his father, and rebuild his daughter-estranged friend's broken family - never suspecting that Vera's quiet life conceals a Cold War secret that three of the world's intelligence agencies have spent decades trying to bury. A literary drama about finding purpose in midlife that opens the door to an international spy thriller. Book One of the Nightingale Cycle.

Keywords:

  1. finding purpose at midlife
  2. literary fiction Times Square
  3. Russian immigrant story
  4. second chances at 45
  5. father son estrangement novel
  6. slow burn friendship drama
  7. spy thriller sequel hook

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  • ISBN-13: 9798193167174
  • ISBN-10: 9798193167174
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publish Date: August 2026
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.11 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.18 pounds
  • Page Count: 52

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