Ratlines (2013) (edit title/settings)

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• Lieutenant Albert Ryan: Director of Intelligence
• Helmut Krauss: A man questioned about a funeral and asked to deliver a message.
• Colonel Otto Skorzeny: A man whose location is requested from Krauss. He is known as Hitler's favorite commando.
• Charles J. Haughey: Minister of Justice.
• Alex Renders: A Flemish Belgian who is murdered in Ireland.
• Johan Hambro: A Norwegian murdered in Ireland.
• MRS. J. D. TOAL: The person who rented a room to one of the murder victims.
• Maurice Ryan: Albert's father.
• Tommy Mahon: A man trying to run Albert's father out of business because Albert joined the British army, an unpopular decision with Irish Catholics.
• Gerald Mahon: Tommy's son.
• Lawrence McCellland: A noted tailor.
• Rabbi Jospeh Hempel: A person Lt. Ryan speaks to about the murders.
• Celestine Laine: A member of the Bezen Perrot, a small group of Irishmen who fought against the Allies.
• Paddy Murtagh: Also a member of the Bezen Perrot.
• Elouan Groix: Also a member of the group of Irishmen who fought against the Allies.
• Sylvain Depaul: A Resistance fighter caught by Laine and tortured.
• Celia Hume: Houghey's secretary who appears to take an interest in Lt. Ryan.
• Luca Impilliteri: An Italian who met Skorenzy in WWII.
• Catherine Beauchamp: A Breton nationalist and a person Lt. Ryan is asked to check out.
• Hakon Foss: A Norwegian nationalist who Lt. Ryan wants to check out.
• Pieter Menten: A Dutchman who gives Skorenzy large amounts of money.
• Tiernan: A man Laine speaks to while Tiernan is caring for animals in Skorensky's land.
• Frau Tiernan: Skorensky's housekeeper. She is a German woman who came to Ireland before the war and married an Irishman.
• Gordon Weiss: A Mossad agent active in Ireland.
• Captain Remka: Amman Directorate of Military Intelligence.
• Captain John Carter: Believed to be a leader in dealing with Ireland's Nazi problem
• Colm Hughes: A military friend of Ryan from the Royal Ulster Rifles.
• Wallace: A person who takes orders from Captain Carter.
• Thomas De Groot: An Irish politician who spends time with Skorenzy and other Nazi sympathizers.
• Sebastian Arroyo: Head of Franco's personal security.
• Colonel Drew Kent: An official who Ryan speaks to.
• Mrs. Highland: A fussy woman who runs a boarding house where Celia was staying.
• Barry: A young boy who Ryan's father employs after the boy's school finishes.
• Asif Huesseim: A person who carries a supposed payoff to Skorenzy's boat.
• Mr. Barringer: A banker who assists the transfer of a blackmail amount.
• Habib: A person providing security for Huesseim.
• Munir: A person providing security for Huesseim.
• Vandenberg: The person who will be the captain of the boat used to bring the payoff for Skorenzy.
• Michael Rafferty: A police official who takes Ryan's statement about the double-cross.
• Francisco Franco: Add a description of this character.
• Herberts Cukurs
• Célestin Lainé
• Ciaran Fitzpatrick
• Lawrence McClelland
• Tommy MacAuliffe
• Luca Impelliteri
• Borringer
• John F. Kennedy
• Remak
• Hitler
• Esteban
• Garda Michael Harrington
• Mussolini
• Joseph Hempel
• Goren Weiss
• Asif Hussein
• James Waugh
• Simon Rosenthal
• Albert Luykx
• Martin Bormann
• Gracey
• David Hess
• Caoimhín Murtagh
• Hervé

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• Galway Bay: What one character sees from his residence.
• Carrickmacree: Where Lieutenant Ryan lives.
• Buswells Hotel: Where Albert Ryan is staying while investigating the foreign nationals's murders.
• Trinity College: In the location of Buswells Hotel.
• Oliver Plunkett Avenue: By the Dublin docks, where Helmut Krauss had his small home.
• The Grand Hotel: Where a number of characters attend a formal event and Lt. Ryan meets Colonel Skorenzy.
• Rotterdam: Where money delivered to Skorenzy came from after being delivered by an Arab courier.
• The Royal Hibernian Hotel: Where Lt. Ryan meets with the minister.
• Amiens Street Station: A train station where Ryan says goodbye to Celia until he finishes with this case.
• Camaret-sur-Mer: Where the boat carrying the payoff for Skorenzy sails from.

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1. Stuart Neville (Author)

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