Five Past Midnight by James Thayer

Five Past Midnight by James Thayer is a daring OSS mission to assassinate Hitler in the final days of World War II.
 
April 4, 1945. President Roosevelt learns that Nazi leadership may continue the war from a fortified Alpine stronghold. His decision is immediate: Hitler must be assassinated.
 
💖 Why You’ll Love It
High-stakes WWII assassination plot
OSS covert operations and Colditz Castle escape
Dual hunter-and-hunted narrative
Fast-paced military suspense
 
🌟 Perfect For
Fans of WWII thrillers
Readers who enjoy espionage fiction
Military fiction enthusiasts
Those who liked The Eagle Has Landed
 
As World War II nears its end, intelligence reports suggest the SS may retreat to the Bavarian Alps and prolong the conflict indefinitely. President Roosevelt authorizes a desperate mission: assassinate Hitler immediately.
 
Chosen for the assignment is Captain Jack Cray, a legendary American commando currently imprisoned at Colditz Castle. Ordered to escape, Cray cuts a violent path across collapsing Germany toward Berlin, spreading fear and confusion in his wake.
Meanwhile, Heinrich Himmler assigns a condemned German inspector, Otto Dietrich, to hunt Cray down. Promised his life if he succeeds—and execution if he fails—Dietrich becomes the unwilling counterforce in a deadly race across war-torn Europe.
 
As alliances shift and danger closes in, Five Past Midnight delivers relentless suspense in a chilling “what if” scenario set against the chaos of the Third Reich’s final days.