Title: Ben Zakkai's coffin
First published: February 27, 2002
Description: Born of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, Herman Bachrach insists he has no religion, but he is drawn by circumstance into a holocaust vendetta over gold stolen by a Swiss bank from Jewish depositors.   Seduced by a woman who calls herself Diana, no last name, Herman is suspected by detective Sheehan to be her murderer.   Someone else wants him dead.   His Jewish boss provides him with a lawyer, but sends him to Switzerland to finish the job “Diana” started.   It’s an assignment he can’t refuse.   The result is an epiphany of identity that changes Herman’s life forever.
Subjects: War criminals, Fiction, Single mothers, Murder, Parents' and teachers' associations, Investigation
Places: Zurich, Switzerland and other cities in Switzerland.
Time periods: Before Homeland Security made it illegal to carry knives ona plane.
LC classification: PS3569.A229 B46 2009