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Summary: Fighting Nazis, Fascists And Axis Sympathizers
Review: Major Hugh North is in Brazil investigating the activities of the Americus Arms Corporation which employs several Fascist and Nazi sympathizers. After he moves his investigation from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, North learns of an unidentified ship which is headed to some unknown Brazilian port carrying Axis saboteurs, technicians and gold to help the fifth columnists in their activities in gaining a foothold in Brazil and surrounding countries. North's mission is to find out the identity and destination of the ship and prevent its reaching any port in Brazil. The events described in the story occur before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 but after the fall of France and Holland to the Nazis.Using friends and contacts in Rio, North arranges a party to which are invited leading members of the local Patriotistas movement. All are suspected of being supporters of the Axis cause and most are either of Spanish, German, Italian or Japanese ancestry. At the party Luis da Evarista, President of Americas Corporation, is murdered. North decides that the solution of the murder may lead to the information he needs to stop the unidentified ship from reaching Brazil. North receives much help from Aurora Morrow, niece of a shipping company owner. The most interesting character in the novel, however, may be Paula Harte who was born in Chile but whose father was a German subject who died during World War I. Paula is now acting as a free-lance agent trying to sell information to the highest bidder. Major North's decoding skills play a big role in his success as a spy. He is capable not only of deciphering messages intercepted from his adversaries but also of sending to them false and misleading information. When the local medical authorities are unable to determine the cause of the death of Luis da Evarista, Major North identifies the poison used and shows that it was administered through the cigar smoked by the deceased.
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Summary: Fighting Nazis, Fascists and Axis Sympathizers
Review: Major Hugh North is in Brazil investigating the activities of the Americus Arms Corporation, which employs several Fascist and Nazi sympathizers. After he moves his investigation from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, North learns of an unidentified ship which is headed to some unknown Brazilian port carrying Axis saboteurs, technicians and gold to help fifth columnists in their activities in gaining a foothold in Brazil and surrounding countries. North's mission is to find out the identity and destination of the ship and prevent its reaching any port in Brazil. He receives much help from Aurora Morrow, niece of a shipping magnate. The most interesting character in the novel, however, may be Paula Harte, who was born in Chile but whose father was a German subject who died during World War I. Paula is now acting as a freelance agent trying to sell information to the highest bidder.
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