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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!
‘Scarrow’s Berlin is sharply drawn with closely observed detail, a place that reeks of threat and fear – and not just from the Gestapo’ Financial Times ‘Gripping, with an electric atmosphere and cracking pace’ Sun Berlin. 1940. Hitler’s rule casts a menacing shadow over the city. As the distant war moves closer, Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke fights to keep criminals off his patch. But he is walking a tightrope. If his secret relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed, his career will be over. And her fate will be far, far worse. In Hitler’s regime, Berlin’s gangsters and pimps are more brazen than ever. When innocent victims are caught in the crossfire between warring gangs, Schenke wants the perpetrators punished. But Nazi party members with absolute power will do anything to protect their sleazy friends. They believe no one is incorruptible. All they need is to find out Schenke’s secrets . . . Will Schenke’s relentless pursuit bring the criminals to justice – or is a deadly net closing around him from which it will be impossible to break free? What readers are saying about A Death in Berlin ‘I loved the intrigue, suspense and mystery‘‘An engrossing and tension-filled read!’
‘A fast-paced thriller that will have you turning the pages deep into the night!’
‘Highly entertaining historical fiction, with sinister characters, seedy gangsters, and glamorous women’
‘I love the way that morality is tested through the Nazi regime’
‘The climax of the book is worthy of the biggest and best film Hollywood ever produced’
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Simon Scarrow
Published: 06/24/2025
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 9781472287274
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 1.40″ H x 9.40″ L x 6.30″ W
About the Author
SIMON SCARROW is a Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author. His books – which have sold 6 million copies – include two earlier Berlin thrillers featuring CI Schenke, BLACKOUT and DEAD OF NIGHT. Simon’s Eagles of Empire novels, about two heroes of the Roman army in the first century AD, are beloved by readers all around the world.
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