The Counterfeit Candidate (The Reich Trilogy)

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I admit, this is not a brilliant premise for a book and rather bonkers, but somehow, Brian Klein manages to pull it off. I always knew the idea required two timelines, one following Hitler’s secret, post-war life in Argentina and the other, a contemporary setting for the robbery and the 2012 Presidential campaign. As the Russian Army closes in on the war-torn City, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun take their own lives. It was no different to thousands of others that were taking place across the world at the same time, except the encrypted passcodes required to gain entry were impenetrable.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. One of the principal figures in the story, Matias Paz, is a former fascist mercenary whose office happens to be located next to the cemetry. The timeline then moves to 2012, when in Buenos Aries, Argentina a bank heist takes place that is set to create ripples across the world. Finally - and this is probably the most infuriating aspect of this abject excuse for a book - almost every time a character speaks, they begin their sentence by saying the name of the person they’re addressing.I read about Russian leader Josef Stalin’s meeting with Churchill and Roosevelt at Potsdam in 1945, shortly after the end of World War Two (which is referenced in the prologue to The Counterfeit Candidate), where Stalin stated that he believed that Hitler had actually escaped from Berlin and had gone on the run, either in Spain or Argentina. It was an amazing time in my life and I cherished the huge responsibility I had of working on such an iconic show. Chief Inspector Nicolas Vargas of the Buenos Aires Police Department and Lieutenant Troy Hembury of the LAPD are sucked into a dark political conspiracy concealing an incredible historical truth stretching from the infamous Berlin bunker to Buenos Aires and to Washington, which threatens the very heart and soul of American democracy. Later in the story, once Hitler is living In Argentina, we see him interact with two fellow notorious Nazis who we know, really did escape to Patagonia, Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann.

Paz holds a number of key meetings with his staff, sitting on a stone bench in front of the giant marble statue of his hero, which provides a stunning backdrop. Short, pacey chapters always ending with a cliff hanger, forcing the reader to keep turning the page, is another vital element. The three audacious thieves who carry out the heist, have no idea the contents of Box 1321, one of ninety raided in the robbery, contain original documentation and film that can expose the real identity of the presidential candidate. The eminent bank was one of the oldest in Argentina and stood,imperiously, on Avenida Cabildo, deep in the heart of the fashionable Belgrano district of Buenos Aires in the north-east of the city. I would love the next road trip to be based in Japan as the boys will truly be like fish out of water—struggling with the language, the culture and the food.A. For the last 30 years I have only read thrillers and my go-to authors are Robert Ludlum, David Baldacci, Dan Brown, Fredrick Forsyth and Robert Harris. They were equally oblivious to the small red velvet pouch that had spilled from one of the cloth bags and was now lying on the grass verge in his father’s garden, a few feet from the front door. Three audacious thieves carry out the biggest safe depository heist in Argentine history, escaping with more than one hundred million dollars' worth of valuables. They plan to build the Fourth Reich and own a huge pharmaceutical company, essentially taking over the USA. What if this was an elaborate plan, begun when the war was turning against the Germans, to spirit them away on the spoils of Nazi treasure to Buenos Aires?