Theft of the Master: Recent Episodes
Edwin Alexander
Theft of the Master has been described as the Boys from Brazil meets The Da Vinci Code —Kirkus
Private Investigator Al Hershey takes the reader across the globe in his search for a young woman's killer. Hired by the girl's parents to look into her "accidental" death Al finds he is in the middle of a more than a murder investigation.
Modern day Nazis and a stolen renaissance sculpture all play a part in this intricate character driven tale of promises and deceit.
Meg finds a stranger in the house and we learn that Geoff is very particular about his tea.
Three months later, broke and in Berlin, Karl is summoned to Nuremberg for some terrible news.
In a hot hotel room, with no air conditioning to rescue him from the heat, Karl settles on the bed to review the inventory booklet.
Karl meets with the elusive Herr Brandt. "At last, with a deep breath, he squared his shoulders and pressed the bell. It was eleven o'clock exactly."
Fast-forward to March 1992. "In the dusty morning sunshine, as his taxi labored through rush-hour fumes and ill temper, Karl Heinz Fiedler eased his broad frame forward, away from the clinging leather seat and stared at the letter, trying once more to convince himself that it was genuine…"
The story begins in January 1493. The amber trader kneels in a deep burgundy robe, praying for safe travel.