============================= "[An] unforgettable read.... Thriller fans, history lovers, and those who enjoy storylines involving treasure hunts will find this book appealing." Seattle City Book Review ============================= "The hunt for Nazi gold powers this humane, history-minded thriller." Booklife ============================= "Burlake excels at dialogue and setting a mood... Strong writing lends excitement to this mystery with a side of history." Kirkus =============================
In a current day suspense thriller, The Hunt for Raubgold is a story of mystery, intrigue, and the quest of millions who have searched for Raubgold-the gold Germany confiscated in World War II. In book three of the bestselling Amy Prowers series, Katherine Burlake reveals where the past becomes the present.
Nothing brings out the blood in a search as much as the word gold. This gold is different. It represents the souls of the millions of people who were killed in WWII. The war ended seventy-five years ago, but the search for the gold has never ended.
Governments, treasure seekers, and political splinter groups have failed, since World War II, to find all the gold confiscated from concentration camps and other countries Germany occupied. Today the gold could be worth over a billion dollars to whoever finds it.
Is it somewhere in Germany or another country?
Was it destroyed during the war or lost?
Is the missing gold only a myth?
Amy Prowers’s husband was obsessed with finding it. Did he leave clues behind before his mysterious death? A bag hidden for 20 years is uncovered by an avalanche that destroyed a wall in her home. In it is a map and journal. Now Amy intends to find the gold and vindicate his search.
At the Department of State spent twenty-one years inspecting embassy operations around the world. Traveled to over 130 countries including Iraq and Afghanistan with over 200 total trips. Overseas living included Peru, Thailand, England, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the Cote d’Ivoire. Served four years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the U.S. Embassy. Worked as a management analyst at the VA for nine years. One of first 20 women accepted in Air Force Intelligence School, and the first female Air Force Intelligence Officer to serve in the Vietnam War. Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, lives in Colorado, BS University of Oregon, MHA Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
It is estimated nearly100 short tons of Nazi gold were laundered through Swiss banks, with only 4 short tons being returned at the end of the war.
Countries today with the most gold.
• United States: 8,133 metric tons ($480.84 billion)
• Germany: 3,355 metric tons ($198.35 billion)
• Italy: 2,452 metric tons ($144.97 billion)
• France: 2,437 metric tons ($144.08 billion)
• Russia: 2,299 metric tons ($135.92 billion)
• China: 1,948 metric tons ($115.17 billion)
Today the search goes on for the gold. it has never ended.
Book Excerpt
The Hunt for Raubgold
He made it sound easy, but Amy intuitively felt something still wasn’t right about what they were doing. She wasn’t sure what to do except to see the Czartoryski house and return to Berlin. She knew Sonora was trying to get a translation of the ancient journal she had found with the map. Maybe it would tell them where the gold was, though that was being awfully optimistic. It couldn’t be that easy, or Vince would have found the gold.
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