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It's 1940 and Europe is at war. Fritz Duquesne, a German spy straight from the history books, schemes to steal America's nuclear secrets and hatches a plan to kidnap Albert Einstein. Enraged by Charlie Chaplin's mockery in The Great Dictator, Adolf Hitler dispatches an SS assassin to silence the man who weaponized laughter. Nazi agents, American gangsters, and FBI operatives converge aboard the Santa Fe Super Chief, pulling Einstein and Chaplin into a deadly showdown as the train races from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Author: Paul Levine
Publisher: Nittany Valley Productions, Inc.
Published: 06/16/2026
Pages: 394
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9798994263013
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2026
PW Booklife Reviews 05/18/2026
About the Author
Levine, Paul: - The author of 25 novels including the "Jake Lassiter" and "Solomon vs. Lord" series of legal thrillers, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. His new historical thriller, "Midnight Patriots," is the second of a series featuring real-life friends Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin. Levine also wrote nineteen episodes of the CBS military drama JAG and co-created the Supreme Court show "First Monday" starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. A former trial lawyer, he lives in Santa Barbara, CA. More at www.paul-levine.com
Description
It's 1940 and Europe is at war. Fritz Duquesne, a German spy straight from the history books, schemes to steal America's nuclear secrets and hatches a plan to kidnap Albert Einstein. Enraged by Charlie Chaplin's mockery in The Great Dictator, Adolf Hitler dispatches an SS assassin to silence the man who weaponized laughter. Nazi agents, American gangsters, and FBI operatives converge aboard the Santa Fe Super Chief, pulling Einstein and Chaplin into a deadly showdown as the train races from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Author: Paul Levine
Publisher: Nittany Valley Productions, Inc.
Published: 06/16/2026
Pages: 394
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9798994263013
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2026
PW Booklife Reviews 05/18/2026
About the Author
Levine, Paul: - The author of 25 novels including the "Jake Lassiter" and "Solomon vs. Lord" series of legal thrillers, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. His new historical thriller, "Midnight Patriots," is the second of a series featuring real-life friends Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin. Levine also wrote nineteen episodes of the CBS military drama JAG and co-created the Supreme Court show "First Monday" starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. A former trial lawyer, he lives in Santa Barbara, CA. More at www.paul-levine.com
