The German Money

Part mystery, part family saga, three siblings discover their past in the secrets of Holocaust survivors.

The Washington Post

What a gift for a writer to be able to sustain unflagging, sweaty-palm suspense in a novel almost through character alone. This is what the prodigious Lev Raphael pulls off in The German Money, a mystery whose "shocking denouement," as one jacket blurb calls it, comes way late in the novel. Yet the moment is so organic to the whole thing that it feels as if a boiling volcano has finally let loose. — Richard Lipez

Lev Raphael is the author of fifteen books and known internationally as the chronicler of the lives of the children of Holocaust survivors. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award, among many prizes, his short works have appeared in two dozen anthologies. He performs all over the country at Jewish Book Fairs and has a weekly book show on NPR.