============================= "[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.
The Bank for International Settlements established in 1930 is the oldest international financial institution. From its inception to the present day, the BIS has played key roles in the global economy, from settling reparation payments imposed on Germany following the First World War, to serving central banks in their pursuit of monetary stability. During World War II the bank said it was neutral. The reality was something else. It carried out foreign exchanged deals for the Reichsbank, accepted looted Nazi gold. The question one wonders is in the files of the bank is information, leads, on where the rest of the Nazi gold might be.
Book Excerpt
The Hunt for Raubgold
The Nazis and Hitler did not like Vilnius. Not because it was Polish but because they thought of it as Jewish. They missed what made the city important. We are close to the Baltic Sea and to the port of Klaipeda. It is the largest ice-free port on the Baltic and has huge shipyards. From that port, the Nazis planned to take their gold to South America.
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