Ratlines (Signed First Edition)

Stuart Neville

ISBN 10: 1616952040 / ISBN 13: 9781616952044

Published by Soho Crime, 2013

About this Item

NEW YORK: Soho Crime (2013). First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Smoke-free shop. Shipped in well padded box. This book has no defects (bruises, clips, marks, etc). Purchased new and opened only for the author to sign on the title page. 0.0.

Seller Inventory # 02-2013-02

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ratlines (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Soho Crime
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616952040
• ISBN 13: 9781616952044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Ireland 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German national is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. Lieutenant Albert Ryan, Directorate of Intelligence, is ordered to investigate. The German is the third foreigner to die within a few days, and Minister for Justice Charles Haughey wants the killing to end lest a shameful secret be exposed: the dead men were all Nazis granted asylum by the Irish government in the years following World War II.

A note from the killers is found on the dead German's corpse, addressed to Colonel Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's favorite commando, once called the most dangerous man in Europe. The note simply says: "We are coming for you."

As Albert Ryan digs deeper into the case he discovers a network of former Nazis and collaborators, all presided over by Skorzeny from his country estate outside Dublin. When Ryan closes in on the killers, his loyalty is torn between country and conscience. Why must he protect the very people he fought against twenty years before? Ryan learns that Skorzeny might be a dangerous ally, but he is a deadly enemy.

About the Author

Stuart Neville is the author of three previous books, Collusion, Stolen Souls, and The Ghosts of Belfast, winner of the 2010 LA Times Book Prize and the Spinetingler Award for Best First Novel, and a finalist for the Macavity Award, the Barry Award, and Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Stuart has taught at Trinity College in Dublin and appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He lives in Armagh, Northern Ireland.