Every Hidden Thing

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Every Hidden Thing Every Hidden Thing

Author: Elaine Young

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Published: 2013

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Ari Mayer son of a holocaust victim returns to Paris after the war and recognises the man who sent his father to Auschwitz. Now a respected Gaullist politician this murderer has buried his past and is prepared to kill to keep his secrets. Despite his terror, Ari sets out with the help of his beautiful assistant Libby and his friend Michel Gaillard to bring Dubois to justice.France 1942. a Jewish boy Aristide Meyer, sees his father arrested and sent to Auschwitz, betrayed by double agent Jacques Marteau. Twenty-two years after the war, Aristide returns to Paris, determined to find Marteau. He relinquishes his search when he hears that Marteau is rumoured to have died in an ambush in 1944. His investigation is re-ignited when Ari recognises Marteau, now known as Victor Dubois, a senior member of the Government. Now he needs to prove that a respected member of society was a Nazi agent. As he delves into Dubois’ past, his activities attract unwanted attention and Ari begins to realise what really is at stake. Ari meets Michel Gaillard, now a lawyer, whom he first met in 1941. Michel also has every reason to want to prove Dubois’ guilt.Libby Wentworth, Ari’s English assistant finds herself embroiled in the intrigue surrounding Dubois. Can she help Ari in his quest, or does she get so deeply entangled that her life is in danger? More deaths - and the hunt is on to arrest Dubois, to avenge the lives he destroyed and prevent him from vanishing with the loot stolen from Jews during the war.Can they find him before it is too late . . . ?