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The road to Ithaca / Ben Pastor
Wehmacht officer Bora is sent to recently occupied Crete and must investigate the brutal murder of a Red Cross representative befriended by Himmler. All the clues lead to a platoon of trigger-happy German paratroopers but is this the truth? Bora takes to the mountains of Crete to solve the case, navigating his way between local bandits and foreign resistance fighters.
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- ISBN: 9781908524805
- ISBN: 1908524804
- Physical Description: 396 pages ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: London : Bitter Lemon Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2014
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Salmo Public Library | FIC PAS (Text) | 35163000150339 | Adult Fiction (hardback or trade paperback) | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Sent to German occupied Crete in 1941, Martin Bora becomes caught up in investigating the murder of a Swedish Red Cross representative whose death has been blamed on German paratroopers. - Perseus Publishing
The fifth in the Martin Bora WWII mystery series. In May 1941, Wehrmacht officer Bora is sent to Crete, recently occupied by the German army, and must investigate the brutal murder of a Red Cross representative befriended by SS-Chief Himmler. All the clues lead to a platoon of trigger-happy German paratroopers, but is this the truth?
Bora takes to the mountains of Crete to solve the case, navigating his way between local bandits and foreign resistance fighters. With echoes of Claus von Stauffenberg, Bora is torn between his duty as an officer and his integrity as a human being.
- Perseus PublishingOccupied Crete 1941. A Wehrmacht officer investigates the murder of a Swiss Red Cross representative, a friend to SS-Chief Himmler.
