Black Death

In January 1944, four people hold the fate of the world in their hands: an American doctor, a German nurse, a Zionist assassin, and a young Jewish widow. On behalf of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, they are tasked with a mission that could lead to their deaths. In a prisoner camp in Mecklenburg, the Germans are feverishly working on the production of poison gas, which is intended to decide the outcome of the war. The British also possess this wonder weapon, and Churchill's plan is simple—but also insidious: the four chosen ones are to release the British poison gas in the German camp and thwart the Nazis' plans—regardless of the mostly Jewish prisoners. Pure suspense—a gripping historical thriller by Greg Iles, and according to the author, his best book.