London, 1946 and reporter Eve Copeland has come to PI Danny McRae
because she feels that something doesn't add up in the Caldwell murders.
She wants to get in on some of his private investigations. McRae
decides to take her along on a raid intended to stop criminals from
stealing silk from a warehouse in east London. Surprisingly, Eve would
become an integral part of the sting.
Eve next wants to get into a posh gambling den. McRae is only too happy
to oblige. She doesn't realise what she is letting herself in for.
McRae has noticed that she has been tailed for a few weeks now. Things
get worse when she disappears.
McRae and his team try to find out what has happened to Eve. It only
results in him being beaten up and a threat being made to her for him to
stop searching for her. Shortly thereafter McRae is approached by
Scotland Yard and the Secret Service; he is told that Eve is a spy and
that she has gone to Berlin. They want her back and they want McRae to
bring her back.
Berlin is divided; the Russians had half and the other half is divided
into three sectors controlled by the French, Brits and Americans. The
city is in bad shape from the Allied bombing. What McRae finds out when
he finally finds Eve shocks him. She is Jewish and plans on exacting
revenge.
Battle lines are drawn, the Cold War commences and a new Jewish state is
formed. Author Gordon Ferris has created a very good thriller that has
all of the above elements, plus a fair bit of criminality thrown in to
enhance the excitement. A very good read.
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