Two men on a deadly mission. One a cold-blooded Nazi driven by hate and dedicated to the destruction of America. The other driven by a devotion to a lost love faces the impossible task of finding him.
JOHAN INGERSOLL is Nazi Germany’s greatest actor, a man of a thousand faces, so heavily disguised in his films that only a handful of intimates can identify him. In Ingersoll, the Third Reich sees the perfect spy—a cipher who can change identities in the blink of an eye, whose face is an enigma to the world, the lethal weapon the Axis needs for a mission that will change the course of World War II, a mission known only by number – 27.
Enter FRANCIS SCOTT KEEGAN, millionaire playboy, ex-bootlegger, an American determined to stay out of the political conflicts that are destroying the world. But, with World War II approaching, those problems are becoming difficult to avoid. When the Nazis murder the woman Keegan loves, he no longer wants to sidestep them-he wants to destroy them. Keegan faces an impossible task-find a man no one has ever seen, stop a plot on one has ever heard of.
Praise for The Hunt aka 27
"A rocked-ride of an adventure ... The only thing this juggernaut of a book lacks is more pages. '27' is the book that will vault Mr. Diehl into the ranks of mega-selling thriller writers such as Robert Ludlum and Ken Follett."
- Atlanta Journal & Constitution
"A riveting espionage thriller."
- United Press International
"A high-velocity page turner... A ripping, white knuckler."
- The San Diego Union
"Terrific ... Will grab hold of you and never let go."
-- USA Today
"The Best Book of its kind since The Day Of The Jackal ... Edge-of-the-seat stuff."
- People