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The Road to Ithaca (Martin Bora)
Ben Pastor
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Description for The Road to Ithaca (Martin Bora)
Paperback. Occupied Crete 1941. A Wehrmacht officer investigates the murder of a Swiss Red Cross representative, a friend to SS-Chief Himmler. Series: Martin Bora. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Martin Bora
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908524805
SKU
V9781908524805
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Ref
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About Ben Pastor
Ben Pastor: Ben Pastor, born in Italy, lived for thirty years in the United States, working as a university professor in Vermont, and is now back in her home country. She is the author of other novels including The Water Thief and The Fire Waker (set in Roman times and published to high acclaim in the US by St. Martin ... Read more
Reviews for The Road to Ithaca (Martin Bora)
Praise for the series: TIN SKY is the best crime novel of the month. Terror and suspicion on the Eastern Front. We hail a bold series set in the Second World War. This fine novel is packed with tense moments and moral ambiguity. Times In TIN SKY Pastor effectively melds a well-constructed whodunit with a grim portrayal of the Eastern ... Read more