The author’s novel opens in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1959, fourteen years after the end of World War II. As a storm rages outside, wealthy financier and investor Daniel Lavy is at home with his eyes riveted to a soccer game on the television screen when his doorbell rings. He tries to ignore it, but the ringing persists. Finally, he throws the front door open to find Giselle, a young relative from his past, on the other side and soaked through by the rain. She claims she is in trouble and has nowhere else to go. Daniel invites her inside, unwittingly setting off a series of diabolical events that threaten their lives. Ultimately, they uncover a horrific secret operation that changes everything they believed about the end of Adolf Hitler’s regime.

This fast-paced thriller has a plethora of unexpected twists and turns that will keep readers guessing to the end. Fans of historical fiction will appreciate the fact that the author has obviously done his research on World War II, the Holocaust, the fleeing of many Nazis to Argentina in the aftermath of their defeat, and the conspiracy theories surrounding Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun. Did they really die in that bunker in Germany as the Allies closed in on them? As each layer of this mystery is peeled away, frightening revelations and possibilities come to light. Devotees of World War II fiction, especially those familiar with the questions surrounding Hitler’s death, will undoubtedly relish this book.

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