<div>In 1945 Nuremberg, an American intelligence officer tracks a killer: &ldquo;Powerful . . . Fans of WWII mystery fiction should consider this one mandatory reading&rdquo; (Booklist). Nuremberg is a dead city. In the aftermath of World War II, two-thirds of its population has fled or is deceased, with thirty thousand bodies turning the ruined industrial center into a massive open grave. Here, the vilest war criminals in history will be tried. But in Nuremberg&rsquo;s dark streets and back alleys, chaos rules. Captain Nathan Morgan is one of those charged with bringing order to the home of the war crime trials. A New York homicide detective who spent the war in Army intelligence, he was born to be a spy&mdash;and now, in 1945, there is no finer place for his trade than Nuremberg. As the US grapples with the Soviets for postwar supremacy, a serial murderer targets the occupying forces. Nathan Morgan may be the perfect spy, but it&rsquo;s time for him to turn cop once more.</div>

Ruin Value

<div>A peace-seeking man must unravel the mystery that led to his former lover&rsquo;s death Expat American journalist Sam Kramer is burned out: too many dead bodies, too many wars covered, too little meaning in it all. He&rsquo;s got a dead-end job at the Daily European as the correspondent for Vienna, where nothing happens now that the Cold War is over. And that is exactly how Kramer likes it. But his private neutral zone is shattered with news of the suicide of Reni M&uuml;ller, a German left-wing firebrand and Kramer&rsquo;s long-estranged ex-girlfriend. To his surprise, Kramer suddenly finds himself the executor of Reni&rsquo;s literary estate&mdash;but the damning memoir named in her will is nowhere to be found. Tracking down the manuscript will lead Kramer to the unsettling truth of Reni&rsquo;s death, drawing him back into the days of the Cold War and showing him the dark side of the woman he loved. </div>

Basic Law

<div>An ex-Nazi on the run will do whatever it takes to keep his vicious past from being exposed in this chilling novel of suspense. On the coast of Central America, an aging man sits down to pen his memoirs. He begins with his childhood in Vienna, just after World War I, when his family lived in respectable poverty and his greatest pleasure was being rocked to sleep in the lap of his beloved babysitter. It would be a sweet tale if the author could withhold what comes later . . . but he intends to tell every horrifying detail of the truth. He&rsquo;s a war criminal, a veteran of the elite Nazi brigade known as the SS, and he&rsquo;ll write proudly of every atrocity he can recall. Distracting him from his work is inquisitive American journalist Kate O&rsquo;Brien, who has come in search of a story. When Kate accidentally stumbles upon the old man&#39;s pages, he has no choice but to act, kidnapping her and locking her in his basement. His latest crime threatening to expose him, the proud Nazi will come face to face with the horrors of his past and the blackness of his soul. Impeccably researched and chillingly believable, The Edit is a truly unique novel of suspense written by J. Sydney Jones, author of Ruin Value, a groundbreaking mystery set in the shadow of the Nuremberg Trials. This time, Jones takes the reader into a truly horrifying place: deep within the mind of a Nazi.</div>

The Edit

<div>&ldquo;Jones vividly evokes 1900 Vienna . . . in his splendid third whodunit featuring attorney Karl Werthen and criminologist Hanns Gross.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly, starred review Vienna, 1900. Lawyer Karl Werthen is puzzling over the suicide of a local councilman when he is assigned by Karl Wittgenstein, a powerful industrialist with many enemies, to find his recently missing son, Hans. Werthen quickly discovers that the young man appears to be alive and well in another country. But when a friend of Hans&mdash;a journalist who wrote a number of articles claiming the councilman who committed suicide was corrupt&mdash;is found dead, also from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Werthen fears that sinister forces are at work . . . &ldquo;[Jones uses] mystery fiction to resurrect beautiful, historic Vienna.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

The Silence

<div>An intriguing novel of suspense that &ldquo;recreates the beau monde of vintage Vienna with verisimilitude and consummate style&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). Vienna, 1901. With the police seemingly indifferent to the murder of a nineteen-year-old prostitute known as Mitzi, brothel-keeper Frau Mutzenbacher turns to lawyer Karl Werthen to find out what happened and bring her killer to justice. Yet the more he discovers about the mysterious Mitzi, with her secret past and impressive roster of clients, the more questions Werthen&rsquo;s investigation throws up. At the same time, Werthen undertakes a second commission: to find out who viciously assaulted playwright Arthur Schnitzler. Schnitzler believes his latest controversial play might have been the motive for the attack&mdash;but is there more to it than that? As he navigates the highs and lows of Viennese society in dogged pursuit of the truth, Werthen finds himself drawn into a conspiracy of espionage and affairs of state. &ldquo;Top-notch detecting and characterizations bolster the intricate plot&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly) of this superb fourth book in the Viennese Mystery series that is &ldquo;not as widely known as it ought to be, [but] well worth a look&rdquo; (Booklist).</div>

J. Sydney Jones

Books By J. Sydney Jones (5 Books)

Ruin Value

Basic Law

The Edit

The Silence

The Keeper of Hands

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J. Sydney Jones

Books By J. Sydney Jones (5 Books)

Ruin Value

Basic Law

The Edit

The Silence

The Keeper of Hands

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