Synopses & Reviews
A gripping thriller,
The Nazi Hunter mixes fierce partisan Washington politics, the search for ex-Nazi criminals, and a crazed, right-wing militia intent on bringing down the government. Nicknamed the Nazi Hunter,” Marek Cain, deputy director of the Office of Special Investigations at the Justice Department, has for ten years been the point man for tracking down ex-Nazis who have fraudulently entered the United States since World War II and bringing them to justice.
One late afternoon, a distraught German woman eludes security and slips into Cains office. I have documents,” she says, important documents only for the Nazi Hunter.” She promises to bring them the next day. When she doesnt show, he dismisses her as just another crackpot. But when he reads in the Washington Post the next morning that the woman has been brutally murdered, he senses hes on to something big. He must find those documents. The trail leads from Washington to Miami to Boston, back to the Belzec concentration camp in Poland, where half a million Jews were murdered in the winter of 1942, and into the lair of Americas fascist militias.
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""Entertaining . . . The plot twists accelerate nicely. . . . An intriguing protagonist, terrifying historical lessons, and a well-orchestrated, pulse-pounding conclusion." Kirkus Reviews
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"A gripping debut thriller . . . A compelling tale." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Brimming with surprising characters, chilling political revelations, and a heart-pounding climax, The Nazi Hunter is a thrilling debut and "an action-packed story," says Jewish Book World.
About the Author
Alan Elsner was a Reuters correspondent for more than twenty-five years, first in the Middle East, then as bureau chief for Scandinavia, later as State Department correspondent, and from 1994-2000 as chief political correspondent, traveling with President Clinton and covering the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections. He lives outside of Washington, D.C.