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A mutilated body. No witnesses. The only clue, a message, “Those who I have made suffer will become saints and they shall lift me up from hell.” Winter, 1945. Munich is in ruins, and a savage killer is stalking the city. U.S. Army investigator Mason Collins enforces the law in the American Zone of Occupation.… Continue reading Madness in the Ruins (Mason Collins #1) by John A. Connell
Publication Day: 2nd August 2018 Publisher: Urbane Publications ISBN: 978-1911583967 Pages: 376 Category: Fiction, Genre: Thriller / Crime / Psychological ABOUT THE BOOK Heavily pregnant Frannie is facing a crisis. An English woman living in Germany, her marriage is failing, her language skills are hopeless, and she feels like a fish out of water in… Continue reading Night Driver by Marcelle Perks
"I guess sometimes the search for freedom is enough to keep one alive." Melitta and her family's experience in Nazi Germany in WWII was something that no one wants to contemplate, but it happened and she has written a short, but stirring memoir about it. In Weimar, Germany, Melitta was born on September 3, 1944… Continue reading Hey Kids, Want Some Chocolates?: My Family’s Journey to Freedom by Melitta Strandberg
It is a tragic story of lost innocence, guilt, and regret. Hanna is a mysterious older woman who becomes involved with a young, 15-year old boy named Michael. Michael is drawn in by Hanna's mystery and enjoys reading to her during their meetings. When Hanna appears again a few years later--to Michael's horror and surprise--she… Continue reading The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
H. Peter Nennhaus grew up in Berlin during WWII; a volatile time in German and world history. The book is different in that he tells the story from a German boy’s point of view who saw things differently at that time in history. You can see Mr. Nennhaus’s interest in history by reading the historical… Continue reading The Shipwreck of a Nation: Germany: An Inside View by H. Peter Nennhaus