Inseparable: An Alcatraz Escape Adventure by David Kruh

Publisher: DX Varos Publishing (June 21, 2022)
Category: Historical Fiction, Action/Adventure
Tour dates: July 6- 26, 2022
ISBN: 978-1955065504
Available in Print and ebook, 325 pages

Description Inseparable by David Kruh

Tommy knew the right thing to do was turn them in to the cops. But that wasn’t the adventurous thing to do!

What happened to the three men who escaped from Alcatraz prison in June, 1962? Did they meet the same watery fate as dozens who preceded them into the cold San Francisco Bay? There is credible evidence two of them – brothers John and Clarence Anglin – not only survived but lived for years in South America. Inseparable is a fictional account of how a 13-year-old boy named Tommy helped them to freedom.

Tommy O’Conner was an only child whose mother, a widow of the Korean Conflict, had been left to make it on her own. She passed her independent, sometimes lonely spirit, to her son. But Tommy was also, in many ways, no different than other boys his age who dreamed of adventure. Then, one June day in 1962, his daydreams were interrupted by the real thing when he came face to face with John and Clarence Anglin – two of the Alcatraz escapees – and made the decision which would change all their lives.

My Thoughts Inseparable by David Kruh

A late-night escape from what was said to be one of the most inescapable prisons in the world, is the subject of this historical fiction novel by author David Kruh.

On a summer night in 1962, three prisoners escaped from their cells in Alcatraz with the help of some papier-mâché heads, convincing enough to make guards think the men were sleeping and raft the men fashioned out of raincoats that had been sewn together.

Kruh’s novel, ‘Inseparable: An Alcatraz Escape Adventure,’ explores what may have happened to the prisoners during, and after, their daring escape. Initially, a fourth prisoner, a man named Allen West, was supposed to escape with the others, but he was unable to remove the vent cover in his cell that he was supposed to escape from. With his encouragement, the others left without him, but they soon figure out that their raft does not row the same without him.

The three men end up off course from where they intended to go, and when the raft begins leaking, they are thrown into the freezing waters of the bay. Struggling to swim for their lives, two of the men, Clarence and John Anglin, manage to make it to a beach in Sausalito where they are found by a young boy named Tommy O’Conner.

Tommy agrees to help the men get to somewhere safer and less visible, but after bringing them to a disused fort he soon begins facing questions from his mother and the local police chief. Meanwhile, the other prisoner, a man named Frank Morris, washes up on a jetty underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. On his own, he manages to find warmth and some old army rations inside of a lighthouse. But Frank has a long way to go if he intends to fully realize his plan of stealing a car and heading out of town altogether.

A fantastic look at what might have been on the night of one of history’s greatest mysteries! I could not put the book down and I did not want it to end!  Kruh has an amazing talent for pulling the reader in.  He captures the island and sea beautifully and he is an excellent character builder.  He took from his research what was known as fact and wove a believable and captivating novel of what may have happened to the escapees. This should be optioned for a major motion picture! Bravo! 5/5 stars!

I received the eBook for my honest opinion.

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