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August 7, 2021

UNBELIEVABLE! Pensioner hides Nazi tank in basement - you could not write it!

He also had an anti-aircraft gun and a WW2 torpedo













If you wrote this as part of a thriller novel then nobody would believe you!












An 84 year old pensioner found himself in hot water with the German authorities when it was found that he had a 1943 WW2 Nazi





Panther tank





 (not pictured) in his basement along with 70 assault rifles, 2,000 rounds of ammo, a mortar and best of all an 88mm anti-aircraft gun and a torpedo.














I used to collect stamps and people thought that that was strange!














Forget how he found them in the first place, forget the enormous cost of them, forget how on earth he got them into the basement - ask yourself why would a pensioner even bother! He certainly was more industrious than most people half his age.














This strange story started in Heikendorf in the suburbs of Keil in Northern Germany.














One of the most bizarre quotes to come from the story was attributed to the town's Mayor who said, 'that he was unsurprised, 'He was chugging around in that thing during the snow disaster in 1978.''














The German Panther was considered one of the best tanks of WW2. If you wish to see one then go to 





The Collings Foundation





in Massachusetts , USA.














Read more bout this incredible story on the





BBC





website.














The large print version of the







political thriller







See Glass will be available this month on Amazon.
























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Published on August 07, 2021 19:28

July 19, 2021

Lee Child is a true Titan in the world of mystery, crime thriller writers

Lee Child’s emergence into the world of fiction writers is a true inspiration.






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Lee Child





was born in 1954 in Coventry, UK. His name prior to his writing career was James Dover Grant until he began using his pen name. 














He is probably best known as the creator of the







Jack Reacher







character and novels which have been hugely successful and some of which have been made into Hollywood Blockbusters.














So where did it all start? He was educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham which is in the centre of England. From there he went on to do a law degree at the University of Sheffield. He said that he never had any intention of pursuing a career in the law – how fortunate for us, his readers!














He has a brother called Andrew Grant who is also a successful writer.














Lee Child’s adventure books follow Jack Reacher - man of mystery - who dispenses his own kind of justice. The character was formerly an American Military Policeman and a good one at that!














Killing Floor was his first novel which was published in 1997 and it won two awards unsurprisingly - the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel.







For a time Lee Child worked in a theatre and then went into commercial television in Granada TV where he worked on many well-known and respected UK television productions. He was made redundant from this job and following this he began to write.














 Following the success of his first novel he moved to the USA where his career as a fiction writer of crime thrillers with a heavy dose of revenge skyrocketed.














The nom de plume Lee Child is aid to come from the way he said the name of Renault's Le Car when he was a child which moved forward to ‘Lee Child’ for his daughter ‘Ruth’.














Lee Child is not just a truly great writer of crime fiction and mystery thrillers. He is also a true inspiration as someone who can take a terrible blow in life such as redundancy later in his career who dusts himself down and through sheer ability and grit rises up way higher. Whenever I start one of Lee Child’s





Jack Reacher





books I remember that star quality which seem to give his books greater resonance for me.














Though I do not claim to be in Lee Child’s league by any means, if you enjoy his adventure books then maybe you would enjoy my book –





See Glass





by





Ido Graf






















See Glass





is available now in paperback,







ebook







, large print version and audiobook on Amazon.














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Published on July 19, 2021 20:21

July 18, 2021

Alistair MacLean one of the best Thriller Writers ever

Alistair MacLean produced great plots year after year for four decades






Adventure thriller writer






I was going to write a blog about one of my favourite authors, Alistair MacLean. However I read a very fine post by Matthew Ward and I felt it was more appropriate to encourage you to read it.







Alistair Maclean







wrote such classics as Ice Station Zebra and The Guns of Navarone.  His action adventure stories are hard to beat with one of my favourite books being Where Eagles Dare.












Buy the political thriller







See Glass







on Amazon now. Available as a paperback, audiobook and ebook.












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Published on July 18, 2021 15:47

July 15, 2021

The Woman in Gold a film about a Gustav Klimt painting stolen by the Nazi regime.

A tale of an unassuming elderly Jewish woman's heroic journey






Austria at night






If you want to watch a great Hollywood film about tenacity and justice then the Woman in Gold is a great start. It is based on a true story of a woman’s fight to return what was rightfully the property of her family after a lifetime had nearly passed. The film stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Katie Holmes, Charles Dance, Daniel Brühl, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons and Jonathan Pryce. It was directed by the wonderfully talented







Simon Curtis







.










The film was based on the actual story of an elderly Jewish woman called Maria Altmann who lived in Los Angeles, California. Along with her highly skilled lawyer Randy Schoenberg they took action against the government of Austria for the return of the famous Gustav Klimt's - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Adelle was Maria Altmann’s aunt. During WWII it was stolen by the Nazi’s in Vienna which was stolen from her relatives by the Nazis in Vienna just prior to World War II. 














It is a superb film about tenacity, justice, history and a wonderful painting which has captured the world’s attention.







It is not the only Klimt painting which was stolen by the Nazis which has been returned.


















France







promised to return the Nazi-looted Klimt painting called ‘Rosebushes under the Trees’ to the rightful Jewish heirs







Klimt had a very particular style which has found many contemporary admirers.
























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Published on July 15, 2021 03:53

June 27, 2021

See Glass by Ido Graf #14 in Amazon top 100 bestseller

Find out why everyone is talking about this explosive political thriller.













See Glass has been listed as







#14





on the International & Espionage top best seller fiction list on Amazon.com





  












The book tells the story of a





conspiracy





that dates back to WWII and which is set to derail the world order. The hero is ex-American special forces and the woman he guards is the granddaughter of his friend who was killed.  He finds himself attracted to her but he will not breach his overriding duty.














As for her? His conduct confuses and angers.














Ido Graf has meticulously researched this novel and and the plot follows history step by step. More concerning, the book foreshadows current events closely.














If you enjoy the adventure and espionage fiction from authors such as Alastair Maclean,





Nelson DeMille





, Dan Brown or





Tom Clancy





then this fast paced





political thriller





with spies, traitors, terrorists, politicians and neo-Nazis then See Glass is for you.














The book is available as a paperback, large print book, kindle e-book and an audiobook.  The audiobook is narrated by the hugely talented voice over actor





Jarret LeMaste





r who seamlessly slips between the various accents of German, American, French, Spanish, Russian and the Middle-East to deliver a hugely evocative and compelling real rendition!














The







international & espionage







novel is available here or on







Audible







as a talking book.
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Published on June 27, 2021 14:53

June 25, 2021

Le nouveau thriller politique d'Ido Graf est désormais disponible en France.

Espions, traîtres, Légion étrangère française, or et politiciens, quel mélange !






















'See Glass' d'Ido Graf est le nouveau thriller complotiste et il est désormais disponible en France en







ebook







et en





livre de poche





sur Amazon.fr et en





livre audio





sur Audible.fr














À l'heure actuelle, il n'est disponible qu'en anglais. Le roman raconte l'histoire d'un complot qui a commencé avec les nazis mais qui devait nous affecter tous.














Les groupes politiques veulent le couvrir et les agences d'espionnage et de sécurité sont contrecarrées.














L'intrigue traverse l'Europe, la Russie, le Moyen-Orient et enfin les États-Unis d'Amérique.














Une histoire captivante de trahison, de cupidité et de terrorisme dont un éditeur a déclaré que ce roman de fiction devrait être transformé en un film hollywoodien.














Écoutez le







livre audio







du thriller See Glass en anglais sur Audible et







broché







ici.














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Published on June 25, 2021 07:48

See Glass now available in Sweden

Den politiska thrillern baserad på en nazistisk konspiration.






















See Glass





av





Ido Graf





är den nya konspirationstryllaren och finns nu tillgänglig i Sverige på Amazon.se












För närvarande är den endast tillgänglig på engelska. Romanen berättar historien om en konspiration som började med nazisterna men som skulle påverka oss alla.














Politiska grupper vill täcka över det och spion- och säkerhetsbyråerna motverkas.














Handlingen korsar Europa, Ryssland i Mellanöstern och slutligen Amerikas förenta stater.














En gripande berättelse om förräderi, girighet och terrorism som en redaktör sa att denna fiktionsroman skulle göras till en Hollywood-film














Få den levererad till dig över hela Sverige i städer som:














Linköping,





Stockholm





, Umeå, Helsingborg,





Uppsala





, Åkersberga,





Göteborg





,





Malmö





, Upplands Väsby, Sollentuna, Västerås, Örebro, Eskilstuna, Jönköping, Norrköping, Lund, Gävle, Kalmar, Borås, Södertälje, Halmstad, Växjö, Karlstad, Sundsvall, Östersund, Trollhättan, Göteborg, Luleå, Varberg, Borlänge, Lidingö, Tumba, Kristianstad, Falun, Skövde, Karlskrona, Uddevalla, Skellefteå, Landskrona, Örnsköldsvik, Vallentuna, Motala, Trelleborg, Märsta, Ängelholm, Lerum, Karlskoga, Alingsås, Sandviken, Piteå, Gustavsberg, Västervik, Karlshamn, Falkenberg, Kungälv, Katrineholm, Visby, Vänersborg, Torslanda, Lidköping, Enköping.














Läs







pocketboken







nu på Amazon.se














Jag är ledsen, men för närvarande är





e-boken





,





storbok





och versioner av





ljudboken





av detta äventyr ännu inte tillgängliga på den svenska Amazon-webbplatsen.





















'See Glass' by Ido Graf is the new conspiracy thriller and it is now available in Sweden on Amazon.se














At present, it is only available in English. The novel tells the story of a conspiracy that began with the Nazis but was set to affect us all.














Political groups wish to cover it up and the spy and security agencies are being thwarted.














The plot crosses Europe, Russia the Middle East, and finally the United States of America.














A gripping tale of treachery, greed, and terrorism which one editor said that this fiction novel should be made into a Hollywood film














Listen to the







See Glass







thriller audiobook in English on Audible














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Published on June 25, 2021 06:23

June 24, 2021

See Glass audiobook just released on Audible Japan

The political thriller See Glass is now available on Audible in Japan















The





political thriller





See Glass written by Ido Graf has just been released for sale on Audible.jp 














The fiction novel tells the story of a former French Foreign Legionnaire and his efforts to uncover a conspiracy dating back to the days of Nazi Germany. It is not a conspiracy theory which is lost in the past as its effects are very much with us today. Traitors have the power.














The Israeli security branch Mossad and a disgraced former Director of the CIA are facing their toughest threat yet. Security services, spies and terrorists across Europe battle each other in this taut action adventure book.














The story crosses several continents and costs the lives of many brave men until you begin to ask yourself - Is the story true?














Find this







political thriller







now on Audible.jp 














At present the paperback, ebook and and talking book, See Glass', are only available in English but they are hoped to be translated into Japanese as soon as possible for Ido Graf's readers and listeners in Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kitakyushu, 





Yokohama, 







Sapporo, 







Fukuoka, 







Kobe, 







Kawasaki, 







Saitama, 







Hiroshima, 







Senda and 







Chiba.






















The





paperback





version, the





large print book





version and the







ebook







are also available on Amazon.jp






















If you enjoy Ido Graf's adventure novel then please leave a review. Thank you.






















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イド・グラフが書いた政治スリラーのSee Glassが、Audible.jpで発売されました。






















フィクション小説は、元フランス外人部隊とナチスドイツの時代にさかのぼる陰謀を明らかにするための彼の努力の物語です。それは、その影響が今日私たちに非常にあるので、過去に失われた陰謀説ではありません。裏切り者には力があります。






















イスラエルの治安部隊モサドと恥ずべき元CIA長官は、これまでで最も厳しい脅威に直面しています。この緊張したアクションアドベンチャーブックでは、ヨーロッパ中のセキュリティサービス、スパイ、テロリストが互いに戦います。






















物語はいくつかの大陸を横断し、あなたが自問し始めるまで多くの勇敢な男性の命を犠牲にします-物語は本当ですか?






















今すぐ







Audible.jp







でこの政治スリラーを見つけてください






















現在、ペーパーバック、電子ブック、トーキングブック「See Glass」は英語でのみ提供されていますが、京都、東京、名古屋、大阪、北九州のイドグラフの読者とリスナーのために、できるだけ早く日本語に翻訳されることが望まれます。横浜、札幌、福岡、神戸、川崎、埼玉、広島、仙田、千葉。






















ペーパーバック版、大活字版、電子書籍も







Amazon.jp







から入手できます。    






















Ido Grafのアドベンチャー小説を楽しんでいるなら、レビューを残してください。ありがとうございました。






















また、Ido GrafのWebサイトにサインアップして、今後の小説に関する定期的な更新を受け取ることもできます。






















Ido gurafu ga kaita seiji surirā no shī garasu ga, Audible. Jp de hatsubai sa remashita. Fikushon shōsetsu wa, moto furansugaijinbutai to Nachisu Doitsu no jidai ni sakanoboru inbō o akiraka ni suru tame no kare no doryoku no monogataridesu. Sore wa, sono eikyō ga kyō watashitachi ni hijō ni aru node, kako ni ushinawa reta inbō-setsude wa arimasen. Uragirimono ni wa chikara ga arimasu. Isuraeru no chian butai Mosado to hazubeki moto CIA chōkan wa, kore made de mottomo kibishī kyōi ni chokumen shite imasu. Kono kinchō shita akushon'adobenchābukkude wa, yōroppa-chū no sekyuritisābisu, supai, terorisuto ga tagaini tatakaimasu. 






















Monogatari wa ikutsu ka no tairiku o ōdan shi, anata ga jimon shi hajimeru made ōku no yūkan'na dansei no inochi o gisei ni shimasu - monogatari wa hontōdesuka?






















 Ima sugu Audible. Jp de kono seiji surirā o mitsukete kudasai genzai, pēpābakku, denshi bukku, tōkingubukku `shī garasu' wa eigo de nomi teikyō sa rete imasuga, Kyōto, Tōkyō, Nagoya, Ōsaka, Kitakyūshū no idogurafu no dokusha to risunā no tame ni, dekirudakehayaku nihongo ni hon'yaku sa reru koto ga nozoma remasu. Yokohama, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kōbe, Kawasaki, Saitama, Hiroshima, senda, Chiba.





Pēpābakku-ban





,





dai katsuji-ban





, denshi shoseki mo amazon. Jp kara nyūshu dekimasu. 






















Ido Graf no adobenchā shōsetsu o tanoshinde irunara, rebyū o nokoshite kudasai. Arigatōgozaimashita. 






















Mata,







Ido Graf







no u~ebu saito ni sain appu shite, kongo no shōsetsu ni kansuru teiki-tekina kōshin o uketoru koto mo dekimasu.























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Published on June 24, 2021 05:18

June 21, 2021

See Glass - conspiracy thriller is now available on Audible, iPlayer and Amazon

A conspiracy thriller with punch!













The international terrorist thriller, See Glass, has just been released on Audible, iPlayer and Amazon as a talking book narrated by the highly talented American voice-over actor, Jarret Lemaster.












Racing across Europe and the Middle East, Russia and the USA the twists and turns lead to a horrific discovery.














Read Ido Graf's 







audiobook







now.












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Published on June 21, 2021 16:10