by Ira Levin
First published 1976
Young journalist Barry Kohler stumbles onto something sinister brewing in South America. Former Nazi doctor Josef Mengele has assembled his old colleagues for a secret operation that will establish the Fourth Reich. When Kohler alerts veteran Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman, a deadly pattern emerges. Someone is systematically killing elderly men across different countries. These victims seem ordinary and unconnected, yet former SS officers are traveling from South America to eliminate them on Mengele's orders. The architect of these murders is the infamous Angel of Death himself, the most wanted Nazi war criminal still breathing. As bodies pile up, Lieberman races to decode the link between these targets. His colleagues question whether the aging hunter still has the sharpness to solve such a complex case. With time running out and more lives at stake, Lieberman must uncover Mengele's true purpose before the killing spree reaches its horrifying conclusion. The fate of the future may depend on stopping a plan decades in the making.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, mystery, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: Brazil, South America
Period: 20th Century
254 pages · Hardcover · Michael Joseph
Content warnings: violence