Iles, Greg,

Black cross / Greg Iles. - 565 pages ; 17cm - Signet Book .

"A THRILLER OF SUCH ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT IT VAPORIZES EVERY CLICHE...GOOD ENOUGH TO READ TWICE."-Kirkus Reviews It is January 1944. The wholw world awaits the Allied invasion of Europe. But in England, Winstoon Churcill has learned that Nazi scientists have developed Sarin-a horrifying new weapon that could tur the tide for Hitler. Only a desperate gamble can avert disaster. Two men-a pacifist American doctor and a fanatical Jewish assassin- must embark on a murderous mission into the heart of Germany. Their target: a human hell where Jews fuel Hitler's last hope for victory. Their only allies: a young Jewsih widowfighting to save her children and a German nurse who is the image of Aryan perfection. Their orders: destroy the threat no matter how many lives are lost, including their own.--Back cover

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World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain--Fiction
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Fiction
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction
Zionists--Fiction

PS3559.L47 / B53 1995