The Ratline

´Hypnotic, shocking and unputdownable´ JOHN LE CARRE ´Remarkable´ THE SUNDAY TIMES ´Breathtaking, gripping, shattering´ ELIF SHAFAK ´A taut and finely crafted factual thriller´ OBSERVER ´A triumph of research and brilliant storytelling´ ANTONY BEEVOR ´Extraordinary´ EVENING STANDARD In this riveting real-life thriller, Philippe Sands offers a unique account of the daily life of senior Nazi SS Brigadefuhrer Otto Freiherr von Wachter and his wife, Charlotte. Drawing on a remarkable archive of family letters and diaries, he unveils a fascinating insight into life before and during the war, as a fugitive on the run in the Alps and then in Rome, and into the Cold War. Eventually the door is unlocked to a mystery that haunts Wachter´s youngest son, who continues to believe his father was a good man - what happened to Otto Wachter while he was preparing to travel to Argentina on the ´ratline´, assisted by a Vatican bishop, and what was the explanation for his sudden and unexpected death?