Dead of Night
The edge-of-your seat Berlin wartime thriller from the master storyteller
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER A DEATH IN BERLIN, THE NEW BERLIN WARTIME THRILLER FROM SIMON SCARROW, NOW - COMING MARCH 2025
'A compelling, atmospheric page-turner' STEVE CAVANAGH
'Gripping and compelling . . . balances immersive historical scene-setting with masterful plotting' DAN JONES
'A seriously gripping story - an outsider hero in jeopardy, a world of brooding danger, and an entirely, terrifyingly believable denouement' OWEN MATTHEWS
BERLIN, JANUARY 1940
Germany has conquered Poland. The world is praying for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute.
One freezing night, an SS doctor and his wife return home from an evening out. By sunrise, the doctor will be lifeless in a pool of blood.
There is pressure to record the incident as a suicide, but the first evidence uncovered by Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke points to a chillingly staged murder. The investigation is swiftly blocked by Schenke's superiors, but he can't let it go. When he uncovers links to the mysterious death of a child, a terrifying secret begins to emerge.
In times of war, under a ruthless regime, there are places no man should ever enter. And Schenke fears he may not return alive . . .
'A chilling and accomplished historical thriller' VASEEM KHAN
'An absolute stone-cold page-turner' S. G. MacLEAN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Scarrow's gripping sequel to 2021's Blackout again centers on German cop Horst Schenke as he seeks justice under the Nazis. In 1940, at the request of Ruth Frankel, a young Jewish woman trapped in Berlin who helped Schenke catch a serial killer the previous year, the inspector reopens the case of Manfred Schmesler, an SS doctor who'd been a Frankel family friend before he joined the Nazi Party. Even after he joined, Schmesler and his wife, Brigitte, helped the Frankels with food and money at great personal risk. Now, Schmesler is dead of an apparent suicide. He was found in his study with a gun near his hand and a note apologizing to his wife for taking his own life. Brigitte refuses to accept that her husband killed himself, and as Schenke digs into the evidence, he comes to agree. His unrelenting and dangerous search for the truth takes him into the dark heart of WWII-era Berlin. Scarrow keeps the pages turning with brisk action, well-drawn characters, and a gift for historical detail. Bernie Gunther fans looking for a new series to sink their teeth into should check this out.
