The dark tunnel
By: Ross Macdonald (a.k.a. Kenneth Millar) ; with a new introduction by Bill Pronzini
Contributors: Pronzini, Bill, writer of introduction
Edition: 2013 edition.
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781453295564
Copyright date: 1971
Subjects: Physicians; Murder; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Fiction; Investigation; College teachers; World War, 1939-1945; Assassins; History
Description: "In 1937 Munich, an American must be careful when he smokes his pipe. Robert Branch, a careless academic, makes the mistake of lighting up when the Fuhrer is about to begin a procession, and nearly gets pummeled for his mistake. Only the timely intervention of Ruth Esch, a flame-haired actress, saves him. So begins a month-long romance between East and West -- a torrid affair that ends when the lovers make the mistake of defending a Jew, earning Branch a beating and Esch a trip to a concentration camp. Six years later, Esch escapes to Vichy and makes her way to Detroit. To her surprise, Branch is waiting for her. He is a professor, working for the war effort, and his paranoia about a spy inside the Motor City war board sours their reunion. Once again, a dangerous net is encircling these lovers -- a reminder that, in this war, love always comes second to death." --
Notes: "A MysteriousPress.com book"--Cover.

Originally published: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944.