My writing thrillers set in faraway places has its origin in my long appreciation of books written in that sub-genre. Growing up in Germany—a stone’s throw from the Dutch border—the world outside was never far away. At the time, the Cold War novels of John Le Carré and Len Deighton were my favorite pleasure reading.…
Illegal Holdings by Michael Niemann is the third book in the Valentin Vermeulen Thriller series, set in Africa (available March 1, 2018). When you consider the civil wars, insurgencies, and ethnic slaughters that continue to flare up around Africa, its plagues (Ebola, anyone?) and famines and ecological disasters, you could be forgiven for thinking that…
Illegal Holdings by Michael Niemann is the third book in the Valentin Vermeulen Thriller series, set in Africa (available March 1, 2018). UN fraud investigator Valentin Vermeulen is on assignment in Maputo, Mozambique. His humdrum task is to see if Global Alternatives is spending UN money the way they promised. The nonprofit was set up…
