The Lisbon Crossing - Softcover

Gabbay, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061188441 ISBN 13: 9780061188442

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub the Date: March. 2008 Pages: 336 in Publisher by: Harper Summer 1940. With Europe in. the iron grip of Hitler's war machine. Stuntman Jack Teller arrives in neutral Lisbon on the arm of international screen legend Lili Sterne of The German-born actress has given Jack the job of finding her childhood friend. Eva Lange. who escaped Berlin one step ahead of the Nazi terror. But he's not the first to come looking for Eva. The man who preceded him - top Hollywood detective Eddie Grimes- -ended up dead ... on the night he found Eva. Following leads that take him from the glittering nightclubs of the Estoril coast - where he rubs elbows with the likes of Edward. Duke of Windsor. and his scheming wife. Wallis Simpson - into Lisbon's dank and seedy backstreets. Jack searches for answers among the deceptions and lies of the dangerous city. A shattering discovery along t...

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"Plenty of action... energetic storytelling" Publishers Weekly on The Lisbon Crossing "A thrilling tale with historical lessons of lasting consequences" Library Journal on The Berlin Conspiracy "A stylish thriller with an appealing hero" Publishers Weekly on The Berlin Conspiracy"

Synopsis:

It is Lisbon, July 1940. Europe is in the grasp of the Nazi war machine. In Portugal, the disgraced Duke of Windsor and his scheming wife, Wallace Simpson, are caught up in a whirlwind of nightclubs and cocktail parties. But from beneath the glamorous surface treachery and murder emerge...When Hollywood stuntman Jack Teller rolls into Europe with glamorous film star Lili Sterne - ostensibly to trace Lili's missing childhood friend but also to escape a cuckolded studio boss - he has no idea that he is about to enter a world of lies, deceit, subterfuge and, high treason. For Jack has stumbled across a plan to deliver Britain into the hands of Nazi Germany once and for all, and none other than the Duke of Windsor seems to be brokering the deal...

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061188441
• ISBN 13: 9780061188442
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 318