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The Phantom Train
In this, nine Jeannie Loomis thriller novel, FBI agent Jeannie Loomis and her partner are called to the scene of a double homicide. The victims, mother, and daughter, were tortured before their deaths. Loomis realizes that the suspects were seeking information about the location of Hitler’s gold train, a phantom train hidden in a mountain range in Austria by a recently deceased SS officer. The SS officer had maps and a diary pinpointing its exact location.
A second search of his residence in San Francisco revealed a hidden room containing gold bars of the Third Reich as well as property belonging to Jews executed in the death camps he was assigned. Also found was a personal diary that incorporated a code that had to be broken to pinpoint the location of the gold train.
The Organization, an international group of modern-day Nazis, seek the diary to secure the ill-gotten treasure to finance a new Fourth Reich. Jeannie’s team conduct research about the history of the various concentration and death camps, especially the Mauthausen and Sobibor death camps, in hopes of finding a lead to decipher the code used in his diary.
Eventually learning that he used the same technique of writing in code using urine that was used by female inmates at the infamous Ravensbrook camp, Jeannie and her team decipher the code and race to find the phantom train. With help from teams of Mossad agents and FBI agents in Austria, the tunnel is found containing the train and its treasure.
Before it can be secured, the Organization, having a mole in the FBI staff, attempt to secure the train for their own purpose. Now being considered as a feature film.
346 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 25, 2022
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January 20, 2026
The Phantom Train is a stand-alone novel in Gary J. Rose’s Jeannie Loomis FBI series. The novel was inspired by recent events as well as historical events dating back to the holocaust. For this reason I would caution that some readers may find these events dark and disturbing.
This is my third Jeannie Loomis novel. As always, she is a tenacious FBI agent who puts personal challenges aside in pursuit of justice. I appreciated the inclusion of her Portuguese sidekick Ismail Flores. With his idiosyncrasies, including his addiction to fast food, he made the story seem more realistic.
The reader is drawn into the FBI search for the perpetrator of a double homicide. The reader participates in the hunt along with FBI agents, Israeli agents who come to help, and eventually the Nazi thugs who are trying to track down the location of a missing phantom train along with its cargo of stolen Nazi loot.
The story itself was well-written. The author included some well-researched historical details about the Nazi’s plans to continue their organization into the future whether or not Germany lost the war. This history is especially relevant considering the level of ignorance regarding holocaust facts that exists today. The existence of modern-day Nazis wanting to bring about the Fourth Reich was terrifying. I found the fact that someone like Detwrick could stash stolen Jewish loot and take Nazi secrets to his grave especially disturbing. Maybe it's fiction and maybe some of it is true?
I’m pleased that the book is an award finalist and is being considered for a film, but I believe this manuscript needs some further polishing. In a couple of instances the German thug Erwin Mueller is referred to as Edwin. Plus I found several manuscript and layout errors.
Still, this is a historically-accurate, addictive nail-biter of a story that needs to be told.
This is my third Jeannie Loomis novel. As always, she is a tenacious FBI agent who puts personal challenges aside in pursuit of justice. I appreciated the inclusion of her Portuguese sidekick Ismail Flores. With his idiosyncrasies, including his addiction to fast food, he made the story seem more realistic.
The reader is drawn into the FBI search for the perpetrator of a double homicide. The reader participates in the hunt along with FBI agents, Israeli agents who come to help, and eventually the Nazi thugs who are trying to track down the location of a missing phantom train along with its cargo of stolen Nazi loot.
The story itself was well-written. The author included some well-researched historical details about the Nazi’s plans to continue their organization into the future whether or not Germany lost the war. This history is especially relevant considering the level of ignorance regarding holocaust facts that exists today. The existence of modern-day Nazis wanting to bring about the Fourth Reich was terrifying. I found the fact that someone like Detwrick could stash stolen Jewish loot and take Nazi secrets to his grave especially disturbing. Maybe it's fiction and maybe some of it is true?
I’m pleased that the book is an award finalist and is being considered for a film, but I believe this manuscript needs some further polishing. In a couple of instances the German thug Erwin Mueller is referred to as Edwin. Plus I found several manuscript and layout errors.
Still, this is a historically-accurate, addictive nail-biter of a story that needs to be told.
October 2, 2022
Not just a mystery...
This was a refreshing change... the SAC boss was not a self-important idiot that is typical in these kind of books getting in the way of an investigation. Really liked Lomax and the respect he gave and received. Jeannie Loomis is smart but human. The book was full of background history but sometimes became redundant and slowed the narrative. All in all a very enjoyable read with great characters with a satisfying resolution.
This was a refreshing change... the SAC boss was not a self-important idiot that is typical in these kind of books getting in the way of an investigation. Really liked Lomax and the respect he gave and received. Jeannie Loomis is smart but human. The book was full of background history but sometimes became redundant and slowed the narrative. All in all a very enjoyable read with great characters with a satisfying resolution.
November 7, 2022
excellent
Spooky, creepy, and so much fun. This historically, inspired thriller is book 9 in the Jeannie Loomis series. Each of these books gets progressively more intense, and the main character is delightfully relatable. Sometimes you wanna shake your fist and scream at her, and other times you are rooting her on. There are some disturbing, plot twists, and some graphic material, but it’s definitely worth a read.
Spooky, creepy, and so much fun. This historically, inspired thriller is book 9 in the Jeannie Loomis series. Each of these books gets progressively more intense, and the main character is delightfully relatable. Sometimes you wanna shake your fist and scream at her, and other times you are rooting her on. There are some disturbing, plot twists, and some graphic material, but it’s definitely worth a read.
October 29, 2025
Timely.
What a monumental tragedy was visited on the world by fanatic nazis. Unimaginable.suffering for Jews and other minorities. Extremely well written and paced novel. Fantastic read. Conrad Samayoa
What a monumental tragedy was visited on the world by fanatic nazis. Unimaginable.suffering for Jews and other minorities. Extremely well written and paced novel. Fantastic read. Conrad Samayoa
April 5, 2023
Lots of information
A lot of background information is given and I don’t know if it’s all necessary, but it was interesting and I think a lot of people will enjoy this book
A lot of background information is given and I don’t know if it’s all necessary, but it was interesting and I think a lot of people will enjoy this book
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