The Thyssen Affair by Mozelle Richardson

Product Details

Paperback: 460 pages
Publisher: Mountain West Publishing; first edition (December 21, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1616582448
The Thyssen Affair by Mozelle Richardson 
About the author and book.
Richardson s ninth book, is a fast-paced spy thriller that sprung from a newspaper clipping. In the 1980s, Richardson read about the theft of a skull from the prisoner of war cemetery in El Reno, Oklahoma. Italian and German prisoners had once occupied the camp during the final days of World War II. The story stirred Richardson s fertile imagination and she visited the site with her friend James Michener, the world-famous author. From the tidbit of news and her visit to the camp, Richardson wove a tale that takes her hero from Oklahoma to Bavaria and beyond and involves the CIA, KGB, and the Israeli Mossad. The Thyssen Affair gives readers a thrilling vicarious trek through the back streets of Munich, up into the Alps, and through numerous satisfying literary twists and turns. Richardson started the novel in the 1980s and recently revised it as the world situation has returned us to a cold war situation and more literary acceptance to that genre. Richardson had previously published books with William Morrow & Company and Warner Paperbacks. She received a BA in Journalism in 2004 at the age of 90 from the University of Oklahoma and has resided in Santa Fe since then, having formerly been a part time resident with her late husband, W.T. Dub Richardson.
My Thoughts
Not having read a lot of spy stories, as that is not my favorite genre, I was not prepared to like the book let alone finish it. I was pleasantly surprised that I did like it and did finish it. This is a past paced novel about the theft of a skull that is believed to hold secrets as to the whereabouts of the treasures that were hidden from the Nazi's in WWII. There are all sorts of spies here, from US CIA, Germany, Russian KGB and the Israeli Mossad. A story about an aging CIA retired operative who is asked to do an investigation in Munich. Cane Eliot is a retired OSS WWII agent who would much rather stay at his Colorado ranch then do what is asked of him. He is convinced to do this mission, where he comes across all sorts of characters, good and bad, who are after the secrets of the skull that Cane has. This mission takes him all over Europe in a very deadly game of cat and mouse in which Cane could be very easily killed, and almost is. This is a fast paced, full of intrigue story and well researched. Interestingly enough this is a story that takes place in 1980 with no computers or cell phones .If you like a good spy story than this one is for you. You can read an excerpt here at Amazon.com
I received a review copy of this book from the Cadence Group and I was not monetarily compensated for my review.