Greg Iles is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series. His novels have been made into films, translated into more than twenty languages, and published in more than thirty-five countries worldwide.
“A terrific thriller in the great tradition of Jack Higgins and Len
Deighton...The characters are fascinating, the narrative is
skilled, and the dialogue rings true.”—Nelson DeMille
“Compelling and convincing...speculating on one of history’s most
intriguing puzzles…and possibilities.”—New Orleans
Times-Picayune
“Masterful action and suspense...a sizzling hot read.”—Stephen
Coonts
“A scorching read...An irresistible plot.”—John Grisham
“Filled with action, interesting characters, and a compelling plot,
Spandau Phoenix, is a fascinating mixture of political critique and
techno-thriller.”—New York Daily News
Stock characters and melodramatic plotting mar this first novel, which posits a Rudolf Hess impostor imprisoned in Spandau while the real Nazi remains free, working from a secret South African stronghold to keep Hitler's legacy alive. In 1987, soon after the fake Hess dies in his jail cell, 27-year-old German police sergeant Hans Apfel accidentally discovers a sheaf of yellow documents amid the rubble of the recently demolished Spandau prison. Hans takes the mysterious papers to his wife Ilse who, with her father, a history professor, translates the Spandau Papers, as they come to be known, from their original Latin. What they uncover is a plot begun in 1941 involving Hitler, Hess, his SS-trained double and Nazi sympathizers in the House of Parliament, to kill Churchill and replace him with the appeasing Duke of Windsor. When word of the existence of the papers--which may indicate a present-day neo-Nazi/South African plan to annihilate Israel--gets out, KGB agents, the East German secret police and a rogue Mossad agent race to locate them. Though clearly written, with some entertaining speculation, this effort is overwhelmed by cliches. Author tour. (May)
"A terrific thriller in the great tradition of Jack Higgins and Len
Deighton...The characters are fascinating, the narrative is
skilled, and the dialogue rings true."-Nelson DeMille
"Compelling and convincing...speculating on one of history's most
intriguing puzzles...and possibilities."-New Orleans
Times-Picayune
"Masterful action and suspense...a sizzling hot read."-Stephen
Coonts
"A scorching read...An irresistible plot."-John Grisham
"Filled with action, interesting characters, and a compelling plot,
Spandau Phoenix, is a fascinating mixture of political
critique and techno-thriller."-New York Daily News
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