The New York Times No.1 bestseller delivers ‘a scorching read’ (John Grisham).One of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II is – to some people – a secret worth killing for… The greatest remaining mystery of World War II will be solved… West Berlin, 1987: Spandau Prison is being torn down.Amongst the rubble, the diary of enigmatic Nazi Rudolph Hess is found, and the secrets it reveals plunge the world into chaos. The Spandau Diary- what was in it? Why did the secret intelligence agencies of every major power want it?Why was a brave and beautiful woman kidnapped and assaulted to get to it? And why did a chain of deception and violent death lash out across the globe, from survivors of the Nazi past to warriors in the new conflict now about to explode?