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Lena Woodward, elegant and poised, has lived a comfortable life among Chicago Society since she immigrated to the US and began a new life at the end of World War II. But now something has resurfaced that Lena cannot ignore: an unfulfilled promise she made long ago that can no longer stay buried. Driven to renew the quest that still keeps her awake at night, Lena enlists the help of lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart. Behind Lena’s stoic facade are memories that will no longer be contained.

From Ronald H. Balson, author of Once We Were Brothers, Saving Sophie is the powerful story of the lengths a father will go through to protect his daughter and an action-packed thriller that will take you on an unforgettable journey of murder and deception, testing the bonds of family and love...

Chicago, 2018: Ole Henryks, a popular restauranteur, is set to be honored by the Danish/American Association for his many civic and charitable contributions. Frequently appearing on local TV, he is well known for his actions in Nazi-occupied Denmark during World War II - most consider him a hero. Britta Stein, however, does not. The 90-year-old Chicago woman levels public accusations against Henryks by spray-painting “Coward”, “Traitor”, “Collaborator”, and “War Criminal” on the walls of his restaurant. 

When his uncle dies, Liam Taggart reluctantly returns to his childhood home in Northern Ireland for the funeral—a home he left years ago after a bitter confrontation with his family, never to look back. But when he arrives, Liam learns that not only was his uncle shot to death, but that he’d anticipated his own murder: In an astonishing last will and testament, Uncle Fergus has left his entire estate to a secret trust, directing that no distributions be made to any person until the killer is found.

By the end of 1943, nearly all of Europe’s Jewish population had fled, been deported, captured, or killed by Hitler. Only Hungary, and its almost 900,000 Jews, remained free from Hitler’s subjugation. They lived under government edicts and restrictions but without fear of harm. That changed in March 1944, after the Nazi defeat at Stalingrad, as an avaricious Hitler conquered Hungary and declared his plan for mass extermination of the Jewish people. With the notorious Adolf Eichmann supervising the process, Nazis began rounding up Hungary’s Jewish population.

Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras—Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds.

In internationally-bestselling author Ronald H. Balson's newest audiobook, The Girl from Berlin, Liam and Catherine come to the aid of an old friend and are drawn into a property dispute in Tuscany that unearths long-buried secrets. An old friend calls Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart to his...

The gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of the Holocaust. Elliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending a fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named...

Teddy’s job is to process visa applications, and by 1939, refugees from Nazi-conquered Poland, Austria, and other countries are desperate to secure safe passage to America. As Hitler sweeps through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Holland, the screws tighten and law after virulent law is passed to threaten the lives, indeed the very existence of the Jewish people. When Teddy and his girlfriend Sara are introduced to an orphaned young girl named Katy, who has been abandoned on the grounds of a nursery school, they agree to adopt her.

An Affair of Spies is an action-packed tale of heroism and love in the face of unspeakable evil. Author Ronald H. Balson has applied his unmatched talent for evocative and painstakingly authentic storytelling to the high-stakes world of espionage and created his most thrilling novel yet.

Aus Verzweiflung gab sie einst ein Versprechen. Nun ist es an der Zeit, es zu erfüllen und zwei verlorene Töchter zu finden. Die hochbetagte Lena Woodward will ein Versprechen erfüllen, das sie ihrer Freundin Karolina vor langer Zeit gab - mehr als ein halbes Jahrhundert zuvor. Mit Hilfe einer Anwältin begibt sich Lena auf die Suche nach den Zwillingstöchtern ihrer Freundin, die seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs verschwunden sind. Doch es kommen Zweifel an ihrer Geschichte auf, und aus Sorge um seine Mutter versucht ihr Sohn Arthur, sie zu bremsen.

Ein Grundstücksstreit in der Toskana führt die Anwältin Catherine Lockhart und ihren Ermittler Liam Taggart zurück bis ins Berlin der 1930er Jahre, wo die junge Geigerin Ada sich als Musikerin unter Wilhelm Furtwängler beweisen will, was ihr als Jüdin jedoch verwehrt wird.

From the New York Times bestselling and National Jewish Book Award winning author: a dramatic and hopeful story of escape and survival in WWII Europe. It is October 1944, and Hitler has dispatched Adolf Eichmann and his death squads to Hungary to annihilate the Jewish population. Julia Powers...

Einst verriet er ihre Familie, jetzt sucht sie Vergeltung "Verräter" schmiert die 92-jährige Britta Stein an die Fassade von Ole Henryks Restaurant in Chicago. Sie schwört, dass der Däne, der von der ganzen Stadt als Held gefeiert wird, sich in Wahrheit im Zweiten Weltkrieg als Nazi-Kollaborateur schuldig gemacht hat. Um die Behauptungen der alten Dame zu beweisen, muss die Anwältin Catherine Lockhart tief in die Vergangenheit reisen. Und auch Enkelin Emma erfährt erstmals die wahre Geschichte ihrer Großmutter, deren Schwester Grethe im dänischen Widerstand kämpfte.

Bei einer Spendengala wird ein angesehener jüdischer Bürger Chicagos vom hochbetagten Ben Solomon mit einer Waffe bedroht und beschuldigt, ein SS-Offizier und der "Schlächter von Zamość" zu sein. Ben engagiert die Anwältin Catherine Lockhart und ihren Ermittler Liam Taggart, ist er sich doch sicher, seinem einstigen Ziehbruder gegenüberzustehen, der verantwortlich für die Ermordung von Bens Familie und die Verhaftung seiner Geliebten Hannah ist.

Anche quello che sembrava un fratello può tramutarsi nel tuo peggior nemico... È la sera della prima al grande teatro dell'Opera di Chicago. Morbide stole e sete fruscianti si scostano per far largo al vecchio Elliot Rosenzweig, il più ricco e importante mecenate della città. All'improvviso tra la folla appare un uomo anziano in uno smoking fuori moda. Tra le mani stringe convulsamente una pistola che punta alla testa di Rosenzweig.