Standalone novel:
During World War II, two English pilots, James and Bryan, are shot down over Germany. They know they will be executed as spies if captured. They manage to board a lazaretto train reserved for high-ranking SS men who have lost their minds due to the harsh experiences on the Eastern Front. James and Bryan throw two patients off the train and take their seats, hoping that they can later escape.
The two pilots end up in the Alphabet House, a mental hospital far behind the front lines. Their only escape is to simulate insanity. But can you do that? For months? Without becoming insane? And are James and Bryan the only ones simulating?
The Alphabet House has garnered unique reviews and has been at the top of bestseller lists both at home and abroad. The renowned Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland has placed the novel among the 300 best thrillers ever published.
