Orders for New York
Orders for New York by Leslie Thomas is a 1st edition novel published by Methuen in 1989, featuring 350 pages in English. The story begins in June 1942, when a group of German saboteurs lands in the United States, only to be betrayed and executed shortly thereafter. The narrative follows Michael Findlater, a British journalist in the U.S. for research, who is drawn into a secret mission involving his ex-wife and her influential family.
As Findlater seeks to uncover the fate of the missing Nazi saboteur, Peter Karl Hine, he becomes entangled in a web of danger and intrigue. The novel explores themes of betrayal and ambition, as Findlater navigates the complexities of his personal relationships while pursuing a potentially lucrative story. Readers will encounter a blend of historical fiction and modern narrative, reflecting on the consequences of wartime actions and the lengths to which individuals will go for both personal and financial gain.
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They came on a distant, secret night, armed and ready to kill. Their ghosts are still with us today. In June 1942 a party of German saboteurs landed by submarine in the United States of America. They were betrayed and executed within eight weeks of their landing. Their treacherous leader served a prison sentence and then disappeared. Orders for New York takes this historical fact as its starting point and tells the story of Michael Findlater, a British journalist who is in the USA researching for a book. Invited to meet his ex-wife Madelaine for the first time since their divorce and to see his twelve-year-old daughter, Findlater finds he is in fact being recruited for a well-paid secret mission. Madelaine’s father-in-law, a wealthy and successful newspaper proprietor, wants him to take on theassignment of finding the vanished Nazi saboteur, Peter Karl Hine, and writing his story. Spurred on partly by the huge reward on offer and partly by curiosity, Findlater embarks on his quest and rapidly discovers that there are ruthless parties involved, who will stop at nothing to prevent him. This is an enthralling and astonishing new novel, from the author of The Magic Army and The Adventures of Goodnight and Loving.
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