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Fifth Column
Public fears are high that foreign agents are among us, waiting for the order to strike. A divided America is debating whether or not to go to war. The FBI and police, scrambling to thwart any attacks, round up the plotters. Experts declare that our intelligence capabilities are insufficient and that a new agency must be created.
The year is 1941.
Fifth Column is the story of Johanna Falck, a German immigrant who joins the new American central intelligence service. As Americans focus on the war in Europe and whether the United States should intervene, the FBI is rounding up scores of German spies. The German-American Bund, a pro-Nazi group of Americans suspected of being saboteurs and subversives, is at the center of the FBI's investigations.
Johanna is recruited to infiltrate the Bund and discover what they and the Nazis have planned. Soon she is caught up in a far-reaching conspiracy, one that stretches from the top of the Nazi state to the streets of New York.
What she finds shatters her most basic assumption about the Third Reich.
The year is 1941.
Fifth Column is the story of Johanna Falck, a German immigrant who joins the new American central intelligence service. As Americans focus on the war in Europe and whether the United States should intervene, the FBI is rounding up scores of German spies. The German-American Bund, a pro-Nazi group of Americans suspected of being saboteurs and subversives, is at the center of the FBI's investigations.
Johanna is recruited to infiltrate the Bund and discover what they and the Nazis have planned. Soon she is caught up in a far-reaching conspiracy, one that stretches from the top of the Nazi state to the streets of New York.
What she finds shatters her most basic assumption about the Third Reich.
515 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 8, 2011
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June 17, 2012
Complicated, convoluted story, written too simply, as if by a high school student! Don't waste your time!
July 12, 2017
"A Very Tense Undercover Pre-World War II Novel"
This is a historical novel about Johanna Falck, a German immigrant who joins the Central Intelligence Agency. It's 1941 and the U.S. has not yet joined the war which is starting to rip Europe apart. There are groups and spies in the U.S. which support the Nazi movement. Johanna is infiltrating the Bund group to gather information as to their plans and how the plans may be an effort to weaken our nation. What she learns about the Third Reich stuns Johanna. Absolutely well written and engrossing. Remy is a very talented author. I'll be reading more of his books.
This is a historical novel about Johanna Falck, a German immigrant who joins the Central Intelligence Agency. It's 1941 and the U.S. has not yet joined the war which is starting to rip Europe apart. There are groups and spies in the U.S. which support the Nazi movement. Johanna is infiltrating the Bund group to gather information as to their plans and how the plans may be an effort to weaken our nation. What she learns about the Third Reich stuns Johanna. Absolutely well written and engrossing. Remy is a very talented author. I'll be reading more of his books.
August 6, 2017
An interesting story about the German resistance. A bit of a mystery. Way too long based on the descriptions of too many things that didn't need. Two trans-Atlantic crossings, walking down street after street, up stairs etc. Female character from the view point of a male, missed a lot.
March 22, 2018
Entertaining - but not great
December 9, 2014
A good objective but a mediocre story
It strains credibility that you can have so many murders at a major event featuring a celebrity speaker,with both federal and local police presence. In addition one of the killings involve a lengthy ritualistic murder, and we are asked to believe either the victim's outcry was muffled or the crowd noise at the Garden was so great that no attention was attracted to the crime scene. Lastly, I found it distracting the heroine has to shoot her brother because he becomes a fanatical Nazi in pursuit of the Charles Lenburg assassination.
However, the idea that there were moral objectives to Hitler is valid. Although a large majority of the sixty million Germans did support the Nazis, Count von Staffenburg did act in a vacuum.
It strains credibility that you can have so many murders at a major event featuring a celebrity speaker,with both federal and local police presence. In addition one of the killings involve a lengthy ritualistic murder, and we are asked to believe either the victim's outcry was muffled or the crowd noise at the Garden was so great that no attention was attracted to the crime scene. Lastly, I found it distracting the heroine has to shoot her brother because he becomes a fanatical Nazi in pursuit of the Charles Lenburg assassination.
However, the idea that there were moral objectives to Hitler is valid. Although a large majority of the sixty million Germans did support the Nazis, Count von Staffenburg did act in a vacuum.
January 16, 2012
I got this book for free through the Kindle Lending Library, so for the price, the book was good. The main character was very one dimensional, which was my main complaint for the book. I felt the book could have been so much more - it was an interesting premise (which I won't go into due to possible spoilers), but ultimately fell flat for me.
December 7, 2014
A compelling and quick read, Remy creates a likable heroine in Dr. Johanna Faulk and sends her on an adventure as a spy in Germany. The book's one drawback is the attempted assassination of Charles Lindbergh by German operatives, a very unlikely scenario. Despite this Remy's book is still a fun read and I recommend it.
July 23, 2015
Good story and well written
This story was good and realistic for the most part except the main character took leave of her common sense and decision process to advance the plot. This gave the character a regressive standing and she took on an air of immaturity and poor judgment which caused me to be less invested in her final success. Other than that it is a good story.
This story was good and realistic for the most part except the main character took leave of her common sense and decision process to advance the plot. This gave the character a regressive standing and she took on an air of immaturity and poor judgment which caused me to be less invested in her final success. Other than that it is a good story.
April 17, 2012
Good historic fiction. Covers the fifth column concept of German Americans planning covert activities and supporting Nazi Germany from within the US dirung WWII.
Pretty solid offering. Again, only .99 cents on amazon. These authors are getting hosed.
Pretty solid offering. Again, only .99 cents on amazon. These authors are getting hosed.
March 11, 2015
As a spy story it was OK
The agents running back and forth from the USA and Europe was to much like a boys own story.
What I did not understand was no mention of the Japanesse involvement in WW2
The agents running back and forth from the USA and Europe was to much like a boys own story.
What I did not understand was no mention of the Japanesse involvement in WW2
August 27, 2016
A plot not revealed
One of the best World War II thriller spy novels I have had the pleasure to read. Kept me in wrapped interest from beginning to end. The writer succeeds in maintaining suspense to the very end. Highly recommended.
One of the best World War II thriller spy novels I have had the pleasure to read. Kept me in wrapped interest from beginning to end. The writer succeeds in maintaining suspense to the very end. Highly recommended.
February 17, 2022
this is one of the best books I've read about the resistance to the Nazis from within . it holds you to the very end. please read itad it.
you won't want to put it down until you finish it. the author has the talent to keep you on the edge of your seat.
you won't want to put it down until you finish it. the author has the talent to keep you on the edge of your seat.
August 9, 2013
very good book, I like WWII books this one is very intersting.
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