The Search
S.H. Chasin
Type: Beta project
Genre: Historical fiction
Word count: 65,000
The Search is about Matt, a 1954 World War Two veteran, who agrees to search for an Italian wine goblet lost in Nazi-occupied Rome. Matt stumbles into the quest for the gold and priceless books the Nazis stole from Rome’s Jews in October, 1943. An American priest, Mafia boss, former Italian partisans and a beautiful Italian woman help him. Please note: this book is only available in PDF format.
The Search is about Matt Calabi, a 1954 grocery store worker, who seeks a gold goblet lost in Nazi occupied Rome in 1943 at the request of Signora Doiporto, a longtime customer. He will be awarded one million dollars if he finds the goblet in four months.
The journey evolves into finding lost gold, books and his own demons. Opposing him is Mrs. Beatrice Soncino, Signora Doiporto’s cousin, and Mr. Francesco Tomaso, her grandnephew.
Matt lands in Rome and stays at a famous hotel where he is smitten with Bella, the hotel owner’s daughter. Matt receives assistance that leads him to meet a Mafia boss and an expert in Kabbala, Jewish mysticism, to find the gold. He accidently learns of the stolen volumes from two Jewish libraries.
Matt’s restless return to life in Brooklyn leads him to agree to revisit Rome to repatriate the items and relish a new life.
S.H. Chasin, Ph.D., is a retired FDA employee who has been a reviewer for social science research journals and authored over two dozen articles, book reviews on professional issues and essays on personal experiences. Currently, he is a docent at the Virginia Holocaust Museum where he gives guided tours about the Holocaust to adults and students. His particular interest are the unsolved Holocaust mysteries which is the basis of this novel.
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