Kill Rommel — Leo Kessler

In this clever mix of fact and fiction, John Kerrigan starts a major new series detailing the rise of the SAS over half a century to become the world's most elite formation. North Africa, 1941: General Rommel, the commander of the German AFRIKAKORPS, is marching on Cairo. Churchill decides he must die. The task of assassination is given to Colonel Geoffrey Keyes. But Keyes has a dangerous rival, Captain David Stirling, the founder of the Special Air Service (the SAS) who is seeking fame for himself and his unit. Who will carry out the murder, Keyes or Stirling?