Bernie Gunther enters a dangerous battleground when he investigates
crimes on the Eastern Front at the height of World War 2 in this
gripping historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author
Philip Kerr.
Berlin, 1943. A month has passed since Stalingrad. Though Hitler
insists Germany is winning the war, morale is low and commanders on the
ground know better. Then Berlin learns of a Red massacre of Polish
troops near Smolensk, Russia. In a rare instance of agreement, both the
Wehrmacht and Propaganda Minister Goebbels want irrefutable evidence of
this Russian atrocity. And so Bernie Gunther is dispatched.
In Smolensk, Bernie finds an enclave of Prussian aristocrats who look
down at the wise-cracking, rough-edged Berlin bull. But Bernie doesn't
care about fitting in. He only wants to uncover the identity of a savage
killer--before becoming a victim himself.