Goering's List

by J.C. Pollock

Book Overview

Almost 50 years after World War II, the collectors who possess the priceless art once plundered by the Nazis are dying under mysterious circumstances. The CIA calls on renegade counter-terrorist Mike... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385299605
• ISBN13: 9780385299602
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Absolutely great book!!!

Almost 50 years after World War II, the collectors who possess the priceless art once plundered by the Nazis are dying under mysterious circumstances. The CIA calls on renegade counter-terrorist Mike Semko to team up with a beautiful Israeli agent to track down the master terrorist who holds the explosive list of collectors. Full of twists, action, great characters, Goering's List is simply a great read.

Fun Fiction

This is a fun and fast paced World War 2 based current day book that actually works. The author has the CIA, the Mossad and the Stasi all after some old masters that were stolen by guess whom? The author has done a good job here, the characters are well developed and there are enough sub plots to keep you interested but not to overwhelm the central story. I was concerned with the number of people running around, maybe dropping a few would have done the book good and the biggest issue I have is the love story. Why have this in the book? It is not needed, rushed and just done poorly. Overall I thought the book was above average and interesting.

Slam-dunk!

While I had some trouble first getting into the book due to the myriad of characters, I liked the plot concept, so I perservered. I was not disappointed. Once I was able to get all the characters straight, this was non-stop action with an ending that delivered! The characters were believeable and not so glam damn perfect as to be boring. Even the romance angle was well-written. Hats off to JC Pollock for a tightly written suspenseful gripping trip through an often written about genre! I will look for more of Pollock's work as this book was entertaining, complicated, and intelligent. Much better than a Clancy novel!! Kudos Pollock!

A Well Written Book!

There is not a dull moment in this book. I truly could not put this book down. An East German former Stasi operative inherits a list of paintings that were taken by Herman Goerring from his father a former SS officer. The list contains the names of people who purchased these stolen paintings from the Nazis.This list is used by the Americans to trick the Russians who also have a copy of this list. The Russians think that this list is enabling them to blackmail the owners of the stolen art. The CIA are feeding the Russians false information. The East German terrorist decides to steal the paintings from the owner and sell them in order to finance terrorist activities of the Red Army Faction. American CIA operative Mike Semko teams up with a Mossad agent to attempt to catch and kill the Terrorist. This results in gun battles all over the world. The terrorist even kills a bunch of the Russians. Like I said,there is never a dull moment in this book. The ending, a gun battle in the Black Forest, closes the book out with a bang. An excellent book. Be sure to read it.

An excellent thriller.

I loved this book -- an excellent example of this genre. Characters were believable (within the context of this genre) -- likable, not too perfect, & basically good-hearted. Interesting plot, good pacing, satisfying ending. I recommend this book highly.