Dead Of Night

Berlin. January 1940.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 . . .Readers Raved About Blackout - Simon ScarrowS First Berlin Wartime ThrillerTaut And Chilling - I Was Completely Gripped Anthony HorowitzA Terrific Depiction Of The Human World Within The Chilling World Of The Third Reich Peter JamesMesmerising. Nail-Biting. Unputdownable Damien Lewis