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Brandenburg by Glenn Meade

Brandenburg

A Thriller

by Glenn Meade

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  • Apr 2013, 512 pages
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Sixty years ago, the greatest crime against humanity was committed. Today it's only a heartbeat away from happening again.

In Paraguay, a young reporter is found brutally murdered. In Berlin, a political activist is gunned down in the street. In Strasbourg, an international policeman is given the name of a beautiful young German woman - and the first key to an extraordinary political plot.

Joseph Volkmann knows that a string of killings around the world are linked by a single purpose. And he knows that Erica Kranz, whose journalist cousin had stumbled on the story, is linked to the plan. Haunted by the ghosts of the past, driven by the specter of the future, Volkmann and Kranz are about to plunge through a realm of terrorism, fanaticism, and deception as they stare at the true face of evil.

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"Fast, sly, and slick, this thriller delivers the goods - tension, action, plot twists - until the smoke clears on the last page." - Booklist

"Another literate and suspenseful thriller from an estimable storyteller who proves that beginner's luck had nothing to do with his impressive debut." - Kirkus

"Sheer, nail-biting suspense ... a rare treat." - Sunday Telegraph (UK)

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Franz Opitz

Poorly Researched, overly complicated
The book starts well with good suspense. As it develops it gets too complicated, the plot more and more ridiculous, all ending in a mass murder across several countries with even some of the heroes dying. Novels are inventions but if a novel is written against a true historical background, it ought to be better researched and with an element of realism. This book ends in totally silly mayhem.

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Glenn Meade

Glenn Meade was born in 1957 in Finglas, Dublin. Several of his novels have been international bestsellers, translated into more than twenty languages, and have enjoyed both critical and commercial success. He worked in the field of pilot training for Aer Lingus for many years and as a journalist for the Irish Times. He now writes full time.

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