Firefall: A Ryan Moore Mystery - Michael D. Hartley - Bog

As the Third Reich crumbles at the close of World War II, two brothers, both high-ranking officers, smuggle stolen Nazi gold from concentration camps to Swiss banks. At the end of hostilities, the Bremen brothers use the funds to finance a nickel-mining complex in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Decades later, Fargo-based Private Investigator, Ryan Moar, is hired by the wife of a missing geologist to search for his whereabouts. Ryan's investigation is hampered by the mining complex's senior management.During the investigation, Ryan discovers that the mining town is being threatened by a serial killer. He recruits Father Timothy, to assist him in finding the murderer. Father Timothy is convinced that the killer is a mysterious hermit, Johann Heifler, who lives a remote cabin. Johann hides a past that will shatter the towns elite. To prevent Ryan from discovering dark and deadly secrets about the Bremen family connected to the Nazis, Ryan is kidnapped and held prisoner in a cabin in the path of a raging forest fire. Moments before the cabin burns, Ryan is rescued by a search party organized by Joanne Sutter, his wife and partner.