Discover the first in a BRAND-NEW series of post-WW1 mysteries, from Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Ridpath. An absolute must-read for fans of Robert Harris, Alan Furst and Robert Goddard. 🔍👀🩸
In a city rebuilding from war, truth can be the most dangerous weapon of all.Berlin, 1930.
Historian Archie Laverick, scarred mentally and physically by the Great War, travels to Berlin to research a famed Prussian general. His quiet study is shattered when he crosses paths with Esme Carmichael, a spirited young American intent on making her name as a foreign correspondent. When a shooting at a Saxon castle leaves a young Jewish woman accused of murder, Archie and Esme are drawn into a perilous hunt for the truth.
Their investigation cuts through the glittering façades and lingering scars of a nation still reeling from war – where resentment simmers, political alliances shift, and the first shadows of a new conflict fall across Europe. Amid whispers of blackmail and betrayal, the pair must navigate intrigue and danger to unmask a killer hiding in plain sight.
A tense, atmospheric mystery set in a world between wars ''' perfect for fans of Philip Kerr’s Berlin Trilogy, Robert Harris’s Fatherland, and Alan Furst's spy novels.
Praise for Michael Ridpath:
'Ridpath has that read-on factor that sets bestsellers apart’ The Guardian
'It is the author's insight that gives his novel so much life. And he can write... Yes,he has a winner here' The New York Times
'For sheer entertainment, there's nothing in the mystery genre to beat a well-constructed thriller… …the new book of Michael Ridpath provides a master-class in how it's done{::}. I read it in one gulp' The Observer
'As slick and compulsive a piece of storytelling as can be found in the best of blockbuster fiction' Sunday Express
Genre: Thriller