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 This Week’s Thriller Book:
Collision
of
Evil:
A
Novel
by
John
J.
Le
Beau
Featured the week of February 8, 2010
As
evening
falls
against
the
majestic
backdrop
of
the
Bavarian
Alps,
Charles
Hirter,
an
American
tourist,
is
savagely
murdered.
In
the
peace,
quiet
and
pastoral
splendor
of
this
magnificent
setting,
Charles
Hirter
draws
his
last
breath.
Was
Charles
simply
in
the
wrong
place
at
the
wrong
time?
Kommissar
Franz
Waldbaer,
the
German
detective
in
charge
of
the
case,
faces
an
investigation
that
yields
neither
clues
nor
suspects
nor
motives.
A
gruff,
go-it
alone
detective,
Waldbaer
is
dismayed
by
the
arrival
of
Robert
Hirter,
the
victim's
brother,
who
insists
on
joining
the
investigation.
But
there
is
more
to
Robert
than
meets
the
eye.
As
Robert
and
the
Kommissar
uncover
a
nefarious
nexus
of
evil
past
and
evil
present,
they
find
themselves
probing
dark,
long-forgotten
episodes
from
the
Third
Reich
in
order
to
identify
the
present
threat.
Thrust
into
a
violent
world
of
fanatic
passions,
malevolent
intentions
and
excruciating
urgency,
Robert
Hirter
and
Kommissar
Waldbaer
must
race
against
the
clock
to
stop
a
sophisticated,
covert,
and
deadly
plot.
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