Curtain of Death

It's 1946, and the underground German organization code-named Odessa is sneaking Nazi war criminals out of Germany and into Argentina. An astute 22-year-old junior officer, Capt. James Cronley has the classified top-secret presidential mission of ascertaining how the smuggling is accomplished. Already chief of a nascent CIA, the prodigy teams with compatriots and Cold War rivals to unravel the mystery, gather intelligence, perform heroic deeds, and romance a pistol-packing WAC and a sassy female journalist. Griffin's own military background and connections form the mortar of his writing. The plot—delivered largely through dialog—advances at rat-tat-tat speed and is peppered with acronyms, abbreviations, jargon, insignia, vehicles, firearms, and a procession of new characters and locations. Absent the written page, listeners with military knowledge and familiarity with the previous two series episodes have an advantage. Actor Alexander Cendese has the voice needed to incarnate a post-World War II cast of characters.