The Last Nazi - Rilegato

Pottinger, Stanley

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ISBN 10: 0340770996 ISBN 13: 9780340770993

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2004

Riassunto

Lawyer Melissa Gale has dedicated her life to tracking down Nazis, in memory of her Holocaust survivor grandmother. Happily married to a Washington Post journalist, she is on the trail of a particularly elusive Nazi, Adalwolf, who always seems to be one step ahead of her, and who has apparently manufactured a lethal virus with which he is infecting random civilians. On a personal level, she is having fertility treatment for a much wanted baby. A debacle in which an American war veteran is killed in place of Adalwolf coincides with Melissa's pregnancy and she decides to work unofficially on the case for its duration. But Adalwolf has other ideas: Melissa's baby is a vital part of his genocidal plan, and the race is on. Can Melissa get to him before he gets to her?

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Recensione:

Pottinger deftly balances the tension needed to play the story out to a tense climax (Ink)

Finally, an intelligent thriller written by an intelligent writer. And a very good writer. (Nelson DeMille)

Settle in where you like to read, throw a blanket over your lap, and prepare for a sleepless night. Adalwolf is a villain for the ages. There are moments when he makes Hannibal Lecter look like the Easter Bunny. (Michael Palmer, author of FATAL)

From the first shocking page, THE LAST NAZI is an unstoppable ride with hairpin twists and turns. This is the best book yet from a master who truly knows how to thrill. (Tess Gerritsen, author of THE APPRENTICE)

THE LAST NAZI? We had better hope so. By the time you've finished reading, you'll be convinced this isn't just great suspense, but a kind of mind terror you can't forget. (Nelson DeMille)

Good white-knuckle moments (Kirkus Reviews)

It's difficult to come up with a fresh Nazi scenario . . . but Pottinger succeeds admirably in this hair-raising thriller. His villain . . . joins the short list of fiction's baddest bad boys from the very first sentence. The concept of a designer virus dedicated to wiping out one particular ethnic or racial group has been fielded, but Pottinger's take is by far the best of the bunch. Add a kidnapped child, more cold-blooded murder and a pregnant heroine who may be carrying the deadly plague along with her baby, and you've got a lethal prescription for a stay-up-all-night read. (Publishers Weekly)

Pottinger combines the promising science of in-vitro fertilization with the heinous technologies of germ warfare and eugenics to produce a thriller with a ruthless villain and non-stop twists and turns that will keep readers on edge until the very end . . . This is a fast-paced, absorbing novel . . . an enthralling thriller. (Booklist)

Descrizione del libro:

The hugely popular author of FOURTH PROCEDURE returns with a chilling premise and a gripping thriller: 'A kind of terror you can't forget' Nelson de Mille

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0340770996
• ISBN 13: 9780340770993
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384