Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Book Spotlight: A Most Unlikely Man: A Tale of Resistance by J.P. Rieger

 


Isadore Levinsky is a survivor. No stranger to concentration camps, he’s been freighted by boxcar to yet one more, possibly his last, before death by rifle or neglect. He’s survived this far because he’s done what any person would do under the circumstances: everything possible, irrespective of the consequences for others. At the nearly deserted Natzweiler-Struthof camp, Levinsky matches wits with fellow prisoner Otto Beck, a self-proclaimed pacifist, gentile and admitted liar. Beck has decreed that all food and water will be shared equally. He’s rallied the men and challenged his Nazi overseers, willingly taking their beatings and abuse. But is Beck a charismatic con man or a liberator? Previously convicted for treachery, Beck is architect of an escape plan specifically designed to assist his Nazi captors. Can Levinsky and the men survive Beck and find their way to freedom?

A Most Unlikely Man: A Tale of Resistance is a story that resonates with our own times. Uplifting and inspiring, the story draws us into a dark past we must never forget, while shining a ray of hope for our future.

 

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J. Paul (J.P.) Rieger is a mostly retired Maryland attorney and author of five books, The Case Files of Roderick Misely, Consultant, a mystery featuring a wannabe lawyer anti-hero published in April, 2013, Clonk!, a police farce set in Baltimore and published in May, 2023 by Apprentice House Press (Loyola University, Maryland), The Big Comb Over, a slipstream comedy of manners published in April, 2024, Sunscreen Shower, a Clonk! sequel, published by Flock Publishing in October 2024, and A Most Unlikely Man: A Tale of Resistance, published by Blue Cedar Press in September 2025.

 J. Paul and his spouse live in Towson, Maryland. His website is www.jpaulrieger.net.

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 Website: www.jpaulrieger.net

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jpaulrieger

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Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/j-p-rieger

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/J.-P.-Rieger/author/B00JIO5W4S

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239777922-a-most-unlikely-man



 

 

 

2 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for featuring J.P. Rieger with his riveting short novel, A Most Unlikely Man, on your blog today, Mary Ann.

    Take care,
    Cathie xo
    The Coffee Pot Book Club

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