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by William Diehl ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, 1990

A cynical American playboy goes after a deep-cover Nazi agent inserted into the US in the early 1930's--with a secret assignment that could keep the Americans out of the coming war. The Nazis' deep-secret weapon is sadistic Johann Ingersoll, a film star whose specialty on and off screen is disguise and mystery. His millions of fans have never even had a peek at his real face--which makes him the perfect choice for Hitler's spy wizard Wilhelm Vierhaus, who casts Ingersoll as an American with orders to bury himself in that country until the time is fight to carry out Vierhaus' scheme to defang the US before they can tangle with Germany. But hints of Vierhaus' plot reach the ears of one-time bootlegger Frances Keegan, a rich, handsome American whose great love, Jenny Gould, has been arrested and shipped off to a concentration camp (where she dies). Bent on vengeance and working with the skimpiest of clues, Keegan uses his connections with former customer and Scotch drinker Franklin Roosevelt to get the help of a private pilot complete with plane, and the resources of the FBI without the blessing or knowledge of J. Edgar Hoover. It turns out that the only thing between Ingersoll and his completed mission is a surprising run-in with John Dillinger More competent Nazi thriller-melodrama from Diehl (Thai Horse, 1987, etc.).

Pub Date: Feb. 1, 1990

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Villard/Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 15, 1990

Categories: FICTION