Book description
'Right at the end of the war, some Nazis saw it coming. They knew
that even if they escaped, hundreds of others wouldn't. They needed
to set up routes, channels, ways out for their friends. Ratlines.'
Ireland, 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John
F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German is murdered in a
seaside guesthouse. He is the third foreign national to die within a
few days, and Minister for Justice Charles Haughey is desperate to
protect a shameful secret: the dead men were all former Nazis granted
asylum by the Irish government.
A note from the killers is found on the corpse, addressed to Colonel
Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's favourite WWII commando, once called the most
dangerous man in Europe. It says simply: 'We are coming for you. Await
our call.'
Lieutenant Albert Ryan, Directorate of Intelligence, is ordered to
investigate the crimes. But as he infiltrates Ireland's secret network
of former Nazis and collaborators, Ryan must choose between country
and conscience. Why must he protect the very people he fought against
twenty years before? And who are the killers seeking revenge for the
horrors of the Second World War?
Stuart Neville's first novel, The Twelve, was one of the
most critically acclaimed crime debuts of recent years. It was
selected as one of the top crime novels of the year by the New York
Times and it won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for
best thriller. His next novels, Collusion and Stolen Souls,
garnered widespread praise and confirmed his position as one of
the most exciting new crime authors writing today.
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