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Zusatztext "Bourne brings some lesser-known history into focus here! integrating brutal descriptions of Nazi terror into his modern-day thriller. . . . His prose is sharp and clear! especially when he's dealing with history." Informationen zum Autor Sam Bourne is the literary pseudonym of Jonathan Freedland, an award-winning British journalist and broadcaster. He is a weekly columnist for the Guardian (UK), having served as that paper’s Washington correspondent. His work has appeared in the New York Times , the New York Review of Books , the Los Angeles Times , the Washington Post , Newsweek , and the New Republic . He is a regular contributor to the Jewish Chronicle (UK) and presents BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series The Long View . Bourne is the author of the New York Times and number one UK bestseller The Righteous Men , which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and The Last Testament . He has also written two nonfiction works, Jacob’s Gift and Bring Home the Revolution . He lives in London with his wife and two children. Klappentext Once an idealistic lawyer, Tom Byrne will work for anyone now, if the money’s right. An official at the United Nations needs him to placate the family of a harmless old man mistaken for a suicide bomber and shot to death by UN Security. But Byrne soon discovers this victim was not quite as innocent as he appeared to be. Together with the dead man’s daughter, Byrne uncovers the existence of a clandestine brotherhood responsible for hundreds of unexplained deaths worldwide. Now Tom is a marked man—a target of assassins who will destroy him for what he’s learned—as he races to unearth a mystery buried for more than six decades . . . the last great secret of World War II. Zusammenfassung “The biggest challenger to Dan Brown’s crown.” —Mirror (UK) When a man’s death at the United Nations turns out to be more than just an accidental shooting! unsuspecting Tom Byrne is plunged headlong into a deadly world of hidden fellowships! unforgivable crimes! and a 60-year quest for justice. From Sam Bourne—the #1 international bestselling author of The Righteous Men and The Last Testament —comes this fast-paced! gripping! and provocative thriller exposing the last great mystery of the Second World War. Perfect for fans of Raymond Khoury! Jo Nesbø! and James Rollins! Bourne’s The Final Solution is a tense and twisting tale of Nazi soldiers and Jewish Avengers! based on the true story of WWII survivors taking vengeance for the Holocaust into their own hands. ...
