Books Historical Fiction

Rescue Run

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 by onemoreexclamation

Welcome to the Rescue Run by John Winn Miller book tour hosted by Suzy Approved Book Tours.

About Rescue Run

Title: Rescue Run

Author: John Winn Miller

Released: March 4, 2025

Find it: Amazon

A thrilling rescue goes awry and becomes a desperate flight across Nazi-occupied Europe. In this exciting sequel to the award-winning “The Hunt for the Peggy C,” Capt. Jake Rogers returns to the North Atlantic as commander of a U.S. Liberty ship with some of his crew from the sunken “Peggy C.”

But disaster strikes, and they end up shipwrecked in Ireland. There, Rogers learns from Dutch sailors that the Nazis have arrested the father of Miriam Maduro, the love of his life, and are about to deport him to a concentration camp.

Rogers and crew sneak back into Holland aboard a gun-running ship from neutral Ireland and make contact with a resistance group to help them. Everything goes according to plan until a shocking discovery leaves them stranded in Holland and forces them to flee for their lives across Nazi-occupied Europe.

They struggle

to find other resistance groups and escape organizations to aid them. But informants, imposters, and double agents are everywhere. And with a huge reward on their heads, they can never be sure whom to trust.

To make matters worse, a giant Dutch bounty hunter is in hot pursuit. The utterly ruthless, one-armed, former detective is desperate for the reward. He has no qualms about beating information out of people or working with – and sometimes double-crossing – Nazi officials, French gangsters, and even a suspected serial killer.

In this deeply researched thriller, full of real historical figures, Rogers and crew make one breathtaking escape after another. Using disguises, fake documents, subterfuge, and sometimes force, they slowly make their way toward safety in Spain. But as they get close to their goal, another shocking surprise blocks their way.

To save them, Rogers comes up with one more scheme with almost no chance of succeeding.

Book Blurbs

“Nobody weaves history and nautical action fiction into an inescapable web like John Winn Miller. You’ll feel the spray of the sea and hear the salty growl of Captain Rogers in this seaborne masterpiece. All hands on deck!”—Cap Daniels, International Best-Selling Thriller Writer

“RESCUE RUN has everything I love in a story: nonstop adventure and intrigue, characters to root for, and ratcheting tension, all wrapped in a tangled story of political gamesmanship, spycraft, and military action. Truly a wonderful discovery! You should discover it, too!”—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestseller of Tides of Fire

“…Miller juxtaposes two opposing forces with clear prose that conveys pathos and high adventure in equal measure. Careful attention to detail, as in descriptions of the clothing worn by the resistance fighters and the German soldiers lend a powerful authenticity to the harrowing world that Miller creates. Miriam Maduro, inspires Rogers’ incredible acts of bravery, is no damsel in distress; she’s as heroic as he is, disguising herself as a Red Cross medico named Hedda ten Boom in a bold attempt to help as many concentration camp prisoners as she possibly can before she’s captured. Stark depictions of Miriam’s confinement are harrowing. When Miriam gets an opportunity to deliver an act of retribution, Miller renders it without moralizing or commentary. Indeed, action never fails to reveal character throughout this brisk thriller. A fast-paced and immersive wartime adventure yarn.”—Kirkus Reviews

Review for Rescue Run

I’m a historical fiction lover and this was a different POV for me, one I very much enjoyed. This is an intense WWII story where I always felt in the middle of the action, and there is plenty of it! The information has been well researched and quite informative while being top notch interesting. Both mystifying and exhilarating, the quest to the concentration camp is filled with danger as it’s impossible to trust anyone. I’m going back to read the first book now. Save yourself and read them in order.

About The Author

John Winn Miller is an award-winning investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, editor,newspaper publisher, screenwriter, movie producer, and now a novelist. He lives in Lexington with his wife Margo, a potter and former college English teacher. Their daughter Allison Miller is an actress-screenwriter-director who most recently starred in the ABC series A Million Little Things (as Maggie Bloom).

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