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Monika Ritter #10
The Raid
With her beloved cousin, Sarah, still languishing in a labor camp in Linz, Monika Ritter and her fellow OSS operative, Hans Viertel, return to Austria on a double mission—to rescue Sarah and investigate a possible new wonder weapon Hitler is developing in the city he regards as his hometown. After parachuting in, they pick up an unexpected guest who forces them to change their plans.
In the labor camp at Linz III, Sarah cultivates her relationship with Wolfgang Baum, a foreman who is moved by the horror he witnesses in the factories. Baum agrees to help Sarah and her team, proving pivotal to their chances of survival.
After tying up loose ends in Salzburg, Monika and Viertel travel to Linz to find Sarah and uncover the secret Nazi plans. But when they realize the dangers the new super weapon might pose, Monika will be faced with the most difficult dilemma of her life. She will begin a race against time to save her cousin and alter events that could change the course of the war.
The Raid is the tenth novel in a new series by the #1 Amazon bestselling author of WHITE ROSE, BLACK FOREST, and THE MAUREEN RITTER SERIES. Download it and discover Eoin Dempsey’s books today.
In the labor camp at Linz III, Sarah cultivates her relationship with Wolfgang Baum, a foreman who is moved by the horror he witnesses in the factories. Baum agrees to help Sarah and her team, proving pivotal to their chances of survival.
After tying up loose ends in Salzburg, Monika and Viertel travel to Linz to find Sarah and uncover the secret Nazi plans. But when they realize the dangers the new super weapon might pose, Monika will be faced with the most difficult dilemma of her life. She will begin a race against time to save her cousin and alter events that could change the course of the war.
The Raid is the tenth novel in a new series by the #1 Amazon bestselling author of WHITE ROSE, BLACK FOREST, and THE MAUREEN RITTER SERIES. Download it and discover Eoin Dempsey’s books today.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
271 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 17, 2026
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About the author
Eoin Dempsey
57 books1,056 followersEoin Dempsey was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1977. He grew up in the beautiful Dublin suburb of Dalkey, where he and his friends would jump into the icy waters of the Irish Sea (during summertime) to prove their manliness. Eoin had a fantastic time attending Blackrock College, where he played rugby (poorly) and did his best to coast his way through. Eoin’s first ambition was to play rugby for Ireland. Due to a lack of talent, he soon abandoned that goal for the more reasoned path of the rock star. He played in bands through his teens and well into his twenties before harsh reality came calling, and his dreams of being the next Keith Moon faded.
Eoin made the ill-reasoned decision to study business in university and was accepted into University College Dublin to study Commerce in 1995. While Eoin did attend college, studying wasn’t his priority there.
He met his beautiful wife, Jill, while traveling to the USA in 1997, though it would be several years before he managed to break her down and they got together as a couple. It was during Eoin’s second stint in the USA, which he spent with his brother in New York City, that he decided to start writing a novel, for the express purpose of impressing women. This effort was met with mixed success. Eoin finished his first novel a year later. The over hundred and fifty rejections he received from publishers didn’t discourage him. He pinned them to his wall. After spending a year in Australia, where he was fired from many jobs, including picking red and green peppers and toiling for scallops miles out to sea on a fishing trawler, he returned home and decided to write again. Another novel followed while he phoned it in at a number of jobs in financial services in Dublin.
By this time Eoin had managed to convince Jill, the girl he’d met in the USA years before to move over to Dublin. She did so in 2004. It was the best negotiation he ever undertook. They were married in 2007. Jill’s more brilliant negotiating skills led Eoin to move to her hometown of Philadelphia in 2008, just in time for the economy to collapse. The plan to live with her parents for a few weeks turned into eighteen months, as Eoin struggled to retain employment in a fractured economy. It was during this time that he wrote FINDING REBECCA, which would go on to be his first published novel and be translated into fourteen different languages.
Eoin and Jill have three beautiful sons, Robbie, who was born in 2015, Sam, born in 2017, and Jack who came in 2019. Eoin enjoys playing with them and marveling at how much more talented they are at the sports that he loves, particularly golf.
Eoin made the ill-reasoned decision to study business in university and was accepted into University College Dublin to study Commerce in 1995. While Eoin did attend college, studying wasn’t his priority there.
He met his beautiful wife, Jill, while traveling to the USA in 1997, though it would be several years before he managed to break her down and they got together as a couple. It was during Eoin’s second stint in the USA, which he spent with his brother in New York City, that he decided to start writing a novel, for the express purpose of impressing women. This effort was met with mixed success. Eoin finished his first novel a year later. The over hundred and fifty rejections he received from publishers didn’t discourage him. He pinned them to his wall. After spending a year in Australia, where he was fired from many jobs, including picking red and green peppers and toiling for scallops miles out to sea on a fishing trawler, he returned home and decided to write again. Another novel followed while he phoned it in at a number of jobs in financial services in Dublin.
By this time Eoin had managed to convince Jill, the girl he’d met in the USA years before to move over to Dublin. She did so in 2004. It was the best negotiation he ever undertook. They were married in 2007. Jill’s more brilliant negotiating skills led Eoin to move to her hometown of Philadelphia in 2008, just in time for the economy to collapse. The plan to live with her parents for a few weeks turned into eighteen months, as Eoin struggled to retain employment in a fractured economy. It was during this time that he wrote FINDING REBECCA, which would go on to be his first published novel and be translated into fourteen different languages.
Eoin and Jill have three beautiful sons, Robbie, who was born in 2015, Sam, born in 2017, and Jack who came in 2019. Eoin enjoys playing with them and marveling at how much more talented they are at the sports that he loves, particularly golf.
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March 20, 2026
Great series of all 10 books
I am your 92 year old super fan reader. Keep writing your your unputabledown books. I am a w w2 war reader but your historical
Fictional characttors adds up to super reading
Robert
Pond
I am your 92 year old super fan reader. Keep writing your your unputabledown books. I am a w w2 war reader but your historical
Fictional characttors adds up to super reading
Robert
Pond
March 21, 2026
I thought this would be the last of this series, but it goes on! We have to get Monica, Sarah and Viertel back to Bern, of course. What could possibly go wrong?
I've read all 6 Lion's Den, 3 Maureen, and now 10 Monica books, as well us the separate White Rose, Black Forest. I've been very impressed by all of them giving a look into the lives of every day people (and spies) from the early 30's to the end of the war. I had to read twice as many pages today as usual to make sure everyone we care about survived, including little Sophia. I think I've done that at the end of all 20 books.
I don't know how many times I've sworn off yet another WWII novel, but I'm glad I got caught up with the Ritter family!
I've read all 6 Lion's Den, 3 Maureen, and now 10 Monica books, as well us the separate White Rose, Black Forest. I've been very impressed by all of them giving a look into the lives of every day people (and spies) from the early 30's to the end of the war. I had to read twice as many pages today as usual to make sure everyone we care about survived, including little Sophia. I think I've done that at the end of all 20 books.
I don't know how many times I've sworn off yet another WWII novel, but I'm glad I got caught up with the Ritter family!
March 20, 2026
Best yet.
This was the best book of the entire series. I really loved it and couldn’t put it down. Thank you so much. What a great ending.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was the best book of the entire series. I really loved it and couldn’t put it down. Thank you so much. What a great ending.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
March 18, 2026
In the prior books Michael and his new wife Monika are operating out of Switzerland on behalf of USA during WW II. Monika in Bern’s OSS office run by Mr. Dulles and Michael in special Airforce unit based in Switzerland. The main characters are from previous books by the author. Michael’s past included a move to Germany with his family to have a better life during the great depression in the USA. When Hitler came to power Michael met Monika, a German girl, in Germany who he eventually marries in New York in their early 20’s just before the USA entered the war.
In the prior book Monika cousin Sarah was in imprisoned in a concentration camp. In this book Dulles assigns Monika a mission to kill the head Gestapo officer in Salzburg, and go to Lintz stop production of an important weapon that Hitler has sanctioned, and allows Monika the right to try and free her cousin. Dulles is head of the OSS office in Bern and has used Monika as a spy to cross into Germany where she has been effective against The Reich.
This book 10 is an action-packed story about the escapades of the Monika and Viertel in their attempt to follow Dulles orders. It is fast paced and absorbing. The historical fiction is spot on with actual historical records.
The trials and obstacles they encounter and overcome are heroic and make the book a page turner.
The author’s power to make the lives of these characters seem historically real is incredible.
Their tales of espionage ring true with actual circumstances that occurred during WW II with US spies stationed in Europe.
Eoin has written a great epic series on the Ritter family prior to this book.
This book and series would make a terrific movie and are beyond any of my expectations!
In the prior book Monika cousin Sarah was in imprisoned in a concentration camp. In this book Dulles assigns Monika a mission to kill the head Gestapo officer in Salzburg, and go to Lintz stop production of an important weapon that Hitler has sanctioned, and allows Monika the right to try and free her cousin. Dulles is head of the OSS office in Bern and has used Monika as a spy to cross into Germany where she has been effective against The Reich.
This book 10 is an action-packed story about the escapades of the Monika and Viertel in their attempt to follow Dulles orders. It is fast paced and absorbing. The historical fiction is spot on with actual historical records.
The trials and obstacles they encounter and overcome are heroic and make the book a page turner.
The author’s power to make the lives of these characters seem historically real is incredible.
Their tales of espionage ring true with actual circumstances that occurred during WW II with US spies stationed in Europe.
Eoin has written a great epic series on the Ritter family prior to this book.
This book and series would make a terrific movie and are beyond any of my expectations!
Review of advance copy received from Author
Monika is determined to rescue her cousin from one of the Nazi camps. Although her boss sends her and Viertel to do that, he also has other agendas that must be completed first. One of those is the destruction of a factory that is making a super weapon, the factory Sarah is working in. Michael flies Monika and Viertel and they parachute into Austria. Unfortunately, Viertel lands on an unfriendly house, and they are forced to make some decisions about the occupants. Sarah and the other prisoners are subjected to horrible abuse, their only savior is a factory foreman who sneaks food to them. This is #10 in an ongoing story, and it should be read from the beginning, The German Girl, to fully understand the series.
Thank you to the author for the Advanced Reader Copy. All opinions are my own.
Thank you to the author for the Advanced Reader Copy. All opinions are my own.
Review of advance copy received from Author
I have been a fan of this series from the very start. Each novel has the reader walking close to vivid, personable characters and numerous historical events that do a good job of pulling the plots along. Every ending paints a cliffhanger that keeps the reader wanting more.
In this 10th novel of the series, best-selling author Eoin Dempsey affords us an electrifying ride through a time with piercing experiences in history that should never be silenced. The sights and sounds of WW2 in Europe come alive through the author’s proficiency in scene description. Through potent dialogue, the horrendous realities of labor camps echo with insightful and relevant encounters. The plot floats quickly with excitement and vigor. Be brave and take the ride!
This novel is highly recommended.
In this 10th novel of the series, best-selling author Eoin Dempsey affords us an electrifying ride through a time with piercing experiences in history that should never be silenced. The sights and sounds of WW2 in Europe come alive through the author’s proficiency in scene description. Through potent dialogue, the horrendous realities of labor camps echo with insightful and relevant encounters. The plot floats quickly with excitement and vigor. Be brave and take the ride!
This novel is highly recommended.
March 28, 2026
Emotionally realistic
Haven't gotten to know the characters through this series, I find this book exemplifies their characters that have long been established as loyal and honorable. The unexpected sacrifices and tragedies are handled professionally, albeit sometimes first emotionally which relates to their humanism. I enjoyed the story as it evolved toward the the beginning of the end of this war. I love the added characters and the weight they brought to this complex and emotional series. A highly anticipate the next book, the final book in this series.
Haven't gotten to know the characters through this series, I find this book exemplifies their characters that have long been established as loyal and honorable. The unexpected sacrifices and tragedies are handled professionally, albeit sometimes first emotionally which relates to their humanism. I enjoyed the story as it evolved toward the the beginning of the end of this war. I love the added characters and the weight they brought to this complex and emotional series. A highly anticipate the next book, the final book in this series.
March 25, 2026
Book 10 in this riveting WWIi Monica Ritter series was hard to put down! Kate 1944, Monica has returned to Austria to try and rescue her cousin, who has been sent to Mauthausen concentration camp. At the same time she learns of a new weapon that the Nazis are designing that could change the course of the war. Can she handle both rescuing Sarah and helping destroy that weapon? Read it and find out! Can’t wait to see where this series goes next!
March 23, 2026
Brings to historical record another facet of heroism and evil in another region where Hitler tried to build his power by obliterate another region of Austrian mankind!
A testament witness of the evil subjugation of humanity used to build power and insane vanity of of Hitler and his followers!
A testament witness of the evil subjugation of humanity used to build power and insane vanity of of Hitler and his followers!
March 17, 2026
Couldn't wait for the next book in the series and I am captured as with all the previous books.... What a great author writing about a subject that my homeland is still recovering from.... Thank you!!
March 21, 2026
I love the love between Monika and Michael and the intense page turning fantastic series and Monika is trying to help save her cousin Sarah and her mission to help with destroying hitler secret plan and all their troubles they go through , Thankyou for the perfect historical series
March 23, 2026
I've enjoyed all the books in this series ... "unputdownable" is a very apt description! I feel I know Monika Ritter and the other characters, thank you Eoin Dempsey for continuing the series after Book 10. Can't wait for June 2026 and Book 11...
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