The Case of Emil Diesel

Name: The Case of Emil Diesel
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Patricia Menton
ISBN: 9781664172135

Author: Patricia Menton

Narrator: Mike Lenz

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Xlibris US

Published: 04/17/2018

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

The Case of Emil Diesel won Best Fiction 2019 by the Pacific Book Review 'Pacific Book Awards'. Caught in a web of conspiracy, Max Diesel fights the East Germans and present-day Germany to reclaim his father's precious art collection. The underlying story which is inspired by true events drives the novel through twists and turns of intrigue, suspense, and emotional drama of real-life characters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 09, 2020

This 222-page historic novel is a powerful true story (only the names have been changed). Suspense drove me to finish quickly. I have always wanted to visit Austria as a child ever since watching the classic movie The Sound of Music And now after reading this novel I am most definitely adding German......more

Goodreads review by Janice on October 26, 2021

The Case of Emil Diesel is an intriguing real life mystery of one man’s struggle to regain his father’s art as his inheritance. This case happened during WW2 as the Germans confiscated many works of art from hapless citizens, Jewish and otherwise. The son, Max Diesel, travels to Germany after his fat......more