Good Assassins: Hunting the Butcher
5.0/5
Critic Rating
Part spy thriller, part detective case, part Holocaust history. Season 1: "Hunting the Butcher" is the untold story of the epic Israeli spy mission to hunt down a savage, escaped Nazi murderer. Led by a brilliant Mossad agent who lost his entire family in the Holocaust, the hunt for the infamous Butcher of Latvia was a secretive espionage operation that forever altered the fates of all ex-Nazis. Bestselling author and journalist Stephan Talty brings the story to life using interviews with the Butcher’s victims, the relatives of the Israeli agents, and the Mossad spies themselves, revealing for the first time th...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Michael Walsh • Yonkers Public Library • Apr 20, 2021
"The Good Assassins is similar to a good spy novel or movie. Good Assassins is masterfully done. The story and the way that it is told make it fascinating. Events described are often suspenseful and you are dying to found out what happens next! People who have never listened to podcasts may want to start with this one."