The Counterfeit Candidate (The Reich Trilogy Book 1)

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And this should surprise no-one familiar with the ebullient Klein, the award-winning director, for 25 seasons, of the car programme of car programmes, Top Gear. He admits, however, that the attraction for him lies not under the bonnet but in the way the cars look — he loves the aesthetic of a sleek vehicle.

Audaciously entertaining, it has to be a genuine contender for this year’s best thriller and will no doubt prove just as big a hit as its predecessor. Set during WW2, we see inside Nazi death camp Auschwitz, where the groundwork for Franklin’s plan is laid.I am not sure that I agree with that. What all three books have in common is their overlapping Nazi German themes. Beyond that, they are different books. ODESSA File (1972) and Boys From Brazil (1976) are more or less political-historical thrillers; with the latter having a science fiction aspect (i.e. the birthing of Hitler clones) Nobody, it’s fair to say, is more surprised that he has written a book — which has received plaudits from not only Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, but also from admired thriller-writer Peter James — than Brian Klein himself. It was plainly not his master plan when he left Queen Mary College, intending to go into law.

A superb thriller where Mossad and the Taliban come head to head, The Führer’s Prophecy builds upon its prequel and, with a jaw-dropping finale, sets us up for a third and final entry in what is now called ‘The Reich Trilogy’.And it's a good story, no doubt about it. Martin Bormann enables Hitler and Eva Braun's escape to Argentina. There, Bormann plots for Hitler's son to move to California, get rich on pharmaceuticals, and then for his grandson to run for the US presidency. Good job the women kept giving birth to male babies. What will happen as president remains hazy. (I'm guessing it was set in 2012 to avoid any potential lawsuits of parallels with Donald Trump had it been set in 2016.) I also loved the way the story develops, leading us across the globe, and how it shows us many different perspectives, from those of the cold-blooded killers to the casualties in waiting.