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    The Runner
    The Runner
    The Runner
    Audiobook16 hours

    The Runner

    Written by Christopher Reich

    Narrated by George Guidall

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    About this audiobook

    Christopher Reich, New York Times best-selling author of Numbered Account, creates this electrifying story of conspiracy, treachery, and political intrigue. Packed with authentic details, The Runner plunges you into the chaos of 1945 postwar Germany, where enemies often appear as allies. American lawyer and former police detective Judge Devlin is in Europe sifting through evidence of Nazi atrocities. He is part of the International Military Tribunal, but his agenda is personal. He hopes to convict SS member and former Olympic sprinter Eric Seyss, the man responsible for his military chaplain brother's death. When Judge learns Eric has just escaped from an American POW camp, the American sets off in a desperate race for vengeance. As Judge follows his prey, he becomes tangled in a dark conspiracy where the hunter becomes the hunted-and the very future of Europe is at stake. Christopher Reich's masterful storytelling and George Guidall's dramatic timing keep the tension crackling as the plot moves along at breakneck speed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 13, 2012
    ISBN9781464034053
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    • 2/5
      Not that great. His later books are much better. The characters were not all that interesting and the historical context was weak.It also annoyed me that the map in the flyleaf didn't have half the locations the characters traveled thru making the map a tease rather than a useful help in understanding the flow of the story.
    • 5/5
      Excellent book. Well written. Personal characters. Recommend to all readers.
    • 3/5
      A thriller about a US GI's search for a German SS officer who escaped from a POW camp after WWII. The ending is pretty predictable.Spoiler alert...The book makes the accusation that George Patton attempted to have Truman, Churchill and Stalin assassinated at Potsdam after the war. I guess this is fiction, so one should not take it too seriously.
    • 4/5
      Quite an exciting thriller set in immediate post-war Germany. The wreched state of Berlin and the German people in general is well described. I did find some of the plot twists rather unbelievable and none of the characters truly likeable, though.