Taken from Carinhall … Story overview
Brian O'Sullivan is returning from a trip to Malta and Sicily. When he arrives in Amsterdam, Nina picks him up, and they head to their Interpol office in The Hague. They are greeted by their supervisor, Pieter Van Deusen, and associate Erick Schmidt. Pieter shares that the CIA has asked the team to participate in a search to solve a lingering WWII mystery. Recent satellite images collected by the CIA suggest gold and art plundered by the Nazis are hidden in Grand Canary Island.
Photo: Taken from Carinhall book cover. Cover design by Peter J. Marzano
Gold and Art …
The art investigation team meet at Erick’s apartment to review a newly discovered German SS officer’s diary may contain clues to solve a 60-year-old art theft. The team investigate churches, old mosques and castles in southern Spain where they believe the art might be hidden. Their plan hits a snag when a shady character, Paolo Luzzi, joins the investigation.
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Hermann Göring …
Germany’s World War I fighter pilot ace became one of the most powerful men in the Nazi Party. He started the Gestapo and soon became president of the Reichstag. Hitler selected him to command the Luftwaffe and be his chosen successor. He was head of the German department in charge of liquidating confiscated estates, from which he took art and gold and brought them to his house called Carinhall. He was captured at the end of the war and brought to Nurnberg, where he was convicted as a WWII criminal. He died by suicide hours before his sentence to be hung was carried out.
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Grand Canary Island or Morocco ? ...
Hermann Göring found himself losing Hitler’s confidence as commander of the Luftwaffe in the summer of 1944 and decided to use a Junker-290 airplane, capable of reaching South America, to hide his most valuable art and his store of gold. On the way, the plane ran into engine problems and crash landed.
New satellite radar technology in 2011 and 2012 identified caves in the hills on GCI. The oldest CIA members in DC remembered a lingering rumor that there was gold hidden somewhere in CGI’s caves. A Russian agent embedded in Langley sends the info to Moscow. In turn, a group of cadets from a military school in Belarus are sent to GCI to hunt for the gold. The CIA asks Interpol if their Art Research and Recovery unit can help in the investigation.
Can Nina solve the mystery? Do the sinister Russians win the race? Can Brian resolve his swirling emotions? Will Brian and Nina’s relationship be strengthened after startling revelations, or does stress bring it to a crashing end?
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