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The stunning new thriller set in wartime Berlin from the author of Blackout

BERLIN JANUARY 1941 Evil cannot bring about good

After Germanys invasion of Poland the world is holding its breath and hoping for peace At home the Nazi Partys hold on power is absolute

One freezing night an SS doctor and his wife return from an evening mingling with their fellow Nazis at the concert hall By the time the sun rises the doctor will be lying lifeless in a pool of blood

Was it murder or suicide Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke is told that under no circumstances should he investigate The doctors widow however is convinced her husband was the target of a hit But why would anyone murder an apparently obscure doctor Compelled to dig deeper Schenke learns of the mysterious death of a child The cases seem unconnected but soon chilling links begin to emerge that point to a terrifying secret

Even in times of war under a ruthless regime there are places in hell no man should ever enter And Schenke fears he may not return alive

Rave reviews for BLACKOUT Simon Scarrows first Berlin Wartime Thriller
Taut and chilling I was completely gripped Anthony Horowitz
A terrific depiction of the human world within the chilling world of the Third Reich Peter James
Mesmerising Nailbiting Unputdownable Damien Lewis

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