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It's September 1931, and Adolf Hitler's live-in niece, Geli Raubal, lies dead on the floor of his Munich apartment at No. 16 Prinzregentenplatz. With Hitler's pistol by her side, it suits the Nazis to cover it up as a suicide.
This historical event forms the centrepiece for John Murray's novel in which he introduces Geli's lover, Bernard Connolly, who was in the apartment the night before. Geli was alive when he left. Hitler is devastated by Geli's death and furious when he finds out that Connolly has broken into his safe. With the Nazis in pursuit Connolly manages to escape.
Nearly ninety years later, John Scobie in Australia has the seemingly impossible task to find out what was stolen from Hitler's safe. Retracing Connolly's steps through Austria, Scotland, and Germany, Scobie picks up a trail of clues which leads him to the priceless object. But it's what Scobie discovers about himself that is the real surprise.
John Murray
John was married to Rita for 63 years before she passed away in June 2025. They had two children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Originally from the U.K. they resided in White Rock, British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada.John was educated in England, studied theology in Birmingham, U.K. and in Toronto, Canada. His life experience has been in business, in journalism, in pastoral ministry and overseas missions.For the last twenty years before retiring John served as the Executive Director of a Mission working in Eastern Europe. He travelled extensively from Russia in the north to Albania in the south. Some of the stories in his book Miracles: Coincidence or Divine Intervention are from his days travelling in Eastern Europe.His many years of speaking engagements took him to ten countries which included Canada, the United States, The United Kingdom, Europe and the Caribbean.Since retiring in 2006 John has concentrated on caring for his wife Rita and on writing. A Kaleidoscope of Life is his seventh book.
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