The untold story of an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justice from a New York Times-bestselling journalist.

Inspiration for the hit podcast Hunting the Butcher

Before World War II, Herbert Cukurs was a famous figure in his small Latvian city, the "Charles Lindbergh of his country". But he was soon better known as the Butcher of Latvia, a man who murdered some thirty thousand Jews. By 1965, a statute of limitations on Nazi war crimes threatened to expire, potentially absolving ex-Nazis like Cukurs of their crimes.

Jacob Medad, the misfit Mossad agent who had previously kidnapped Adolf Eichmann, knew if Cukurs was not captured soon, he may never be brought to justice. In a thrilling undercover operation, Medad traveled to Cukurs' new home in Brazil in an elaborate disguise, befriended him, and earned his trust, while negotiations to extend Nazi innocence neared a boiling point.

"Part Holocaust history, part detective case, part spy operation, The Good Assassin is an enthralling book. Stephan Talty paints vivid, often chilling, portraits of its vengeful hero, Mossad agent Jacob Medad, and the war criminal Herbert Cukurs he pursued to the bitter end. It's a stunning, you-are-there kind of read." -- New York Times-bestselling author Neal Bascomb

"Compelling... Talty remains true to his technique, delivering thoroughly researched, engrossing nonfiction in a thrillerlike narrative style... As anti-Semitism surges once again, this page-turning history reminds us of the sanguinary consequences of unchecked hatred." -- Kirkus Reviews

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• Publication Date: February 27, 2024
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• Print Length: 332 Pages
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