Kaspar Brothers: Book 4
Publication Date: March 12, 2024
A West German nightclub owner goes behind the Iron Curtain on a desperate mission to save his brother, in this Cold War thriller by the author of Lost Kin.
West Germany, 1949. Former actor Max Kaspar suffered greatly in the Second World War. Now he owns a nightclub in Munich—and occasionally lends a hand to the newly formed CIA. Meanwhile, his brother Harry has ventured beyond the Iron Curtain to rescue an American scientist. When Harry is also taken captive, Max resolves to locate his brother at all costs. The last thing he expects is for Harry to go rogue.
Max’s treacherous quest takes him to Vienna and Prague to Soviet East Germany and Communist Poland. Along the way, dangerous operators from Harry’s past join the pursuit: his former lover Katarina, who’s working for the Israelis, and former Nazi Hartmut Dietz, now an agent of East German intelligence. But can anyone be trusted? Even the American scientist Stanley Samaras may not be the hero Harry had believed him to be . . .
When Max Kaspar receives a ransom note and a severed ear purporting to belong to his brother, he packs the ear carefully in ice and gathers the money.
Unfolding against the backdrop of an Allied-occupied Germany just a few years after World War II, Lines of Deception is the fourth installment in the Kaspar Brothers series by Steve Anderson.
While it works well as a standalone, the reader will miss out on character development by not reading in sequence. The author’s attention to detail in creating the post-war atmosphere gives readers a front-row seat to the past.
The adventure mounts as Max searches for his brother behind the Iron Curtain. It turns out Harry is on a secret mission for the fledgling CIA to rescue someone and, for all intent and purposes, appears to have gone rogue.
Lines of Deception offers a rich espionage thriller set in post-World War II Europe that features two brothers neck deep in secrets and lies.
Steve Anderson is the author of numerous novels, mostly historical thrillers about gutsy underdogs. In an earlier life he earned an MA in history and was a Fulbright Fellow in Germany. Day jobs have included busy waiter, Associated Press rookie, and language instructor. He’s also written historical nonfiction and translated bestselling German novels. A hopeless soccer addict, he lives in his hometown of Portland, Oregon with his wife René.
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Thanks for the review. This one sounds like it could be interesting.
Thanks for reading, and for the review. I appreciate it!