The Adler Legacy
By Malcolm Havard
Publisher: Oakbrook Publishing UK
Release Date: November 17, 2026
ISBN: 9781916200029
Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Crime, Thriller & Mystery › Thrillers › Espionage
A hidden Nazi fortune. A disgraced Bletchley clerk. A mission no trained agent could survive.
In the ruins of post-war Europe, Sophie Faulkner only wants the past to leave her alone.
Once a gifted German-speaking clerk at Bletchley Park, Sophie’s life was destroyed when British intelligence uncovered the truth she had tried to bury: she was born Sophie von Adler, daughter of a wealthy Nazi industrialist. Interrogated, imprisoned, disgraced, and abandoned, she has survived the war with nothing but a ruined reputation and a talent for keeping secrets.
Then MI5 offers her a way back.
Her father’s hidden fortune lies in a Zurich bank account — millions in Swiss francs and bearer bonds intended to finance the escape of senior Nazis fleeing Allied justice. To reach it, Sophie must become the woman Europe’s most dangerous men expect to see: the cold, entitled heiress of a dead Reich loyalist.
But the money is only bait.
Drawn into a shadow war between British intelligence, American pragmatists, Vatican fixers, Swiss bankers, Soviet agents, and the remnants of the SS, Sophie finds herself trapped inside the very network she was sent to expose. Every alliance is temporary. Every identity is a weapon. And if the men around her discover where her loyalties truly lie, she will not live long enough to choose her own future.
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About the Author
Award-winning historical fiction from the World Wars to the Cold War.
Malcolm has spent a lifetime gathering stories, living and working in Australia and the Middle East before returning to the UK. Today, he weaves that global experience into gripping historical novels that explore the intersection of crime, war, and espionage.
The Manchester Noir Series: Gritty 1990s crime with a unique twist (The Honey Talker, The Fatal Formula).
The Aviation Collection: High-octane tales of courage and dogfights in WWI and WWII (LMF, The Way Back, Leviathan).
The Lisbon Series : Follow ex-cop Dinis Lopes through the treacherous, “neutral” streets of 1940s Portugal.
Cold War Espionage: Revisit the 1950s with the fast-paced adventures of Contrail and Czechmate.
When he isn’t uncovering the secrets of the 20th century, Malcolm lives and writes in Cheshire, England.
