| Title | : | Lost Kin: A Novel (Kaspar Brothers) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.62 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1631580817 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-29 |
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Reunited brothers confront a secret Allied betrayal in postwar Munich.Occupied Munich, 1946: Irina, a Cossack refugee, confesses to murdering a GI, but American captain Harry Kaspar doesn’t buy it. As Harry scours the devastated city for the truth, it leads him to his long-lost German brother, Max, who returned to Hitler’s Germany before the war.Max has a questionable past, and he needs Harry for the cause that could redeem him: rescuing Irina’s stranded clan of Cossacks who have been disowned by the Allies and are now being hunted by Soviet death squadsthe cold-blooded upshot of a callous postwar policy.As a harsh winter brews, the Soviets close in and the Cold War looms, Harry and Max desperately plan for a risky last-ditch rescue on a remote stretch of the German-Czech border. A mysterious visitor from Max’s darkest days shadows them. Everyone is suspect, including Harry’s lover, Sabine, and Munich detective Hartmut Dietzboth of whom have pledged
Editorial : "There's enough action and mystery to keep the pages turningtraitors done in by a shashka, a Ukrainian sword; a dramatic face-off in Czechoslovakia's snowy Šumava Mountainsall spun out in a masterful story of redemption found within the brutalities of postwar realpolitik. Classic noir shadowed by the hulks and rubble of the once-proud city of Munich, a character itself in this haunting tale." Kirkus Reviews"A fascinating era, one of history's deep, dark pockets, observed with camera-like precisioncaptivating characters and dialogue worthy of Mad Men.” John Lawton, author of the Troy novels"Bravo! This is a hard-hitting tale of international intrigue, forced repatriation, and the bittersweet meaning of kinship when all valueseven the most elementary onesappear to have been swallowed up by war.” Ben Pastor, author of Tin Sky, the latest novel in the Martin Bora series"Steve Anderson deftly creates a world on the razor’s edge of survival, wher
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