This is a great detective story and weaves Berlin's horrific Nazi history in as well. The narrator was great. I hope there are more books in the series too.

Come for the murder mystery stay for the historical setting. I felt a fear being enveloped in Berlin just at the end of WWII and also a sadness. Johann is a well written character, loyal to his party but questioning it a little too late. With the war almost ending and Germany looking set to win he's at the forefront of a murder investigation that is more complicated than it looks. Interference from the higher ups and the victim being more that what meets the eye, the killer being caught may be more damaging than good. But for Johann a jobs a job and he's determined to get answers at any cost. Filled with the complications of a fascist state and a falling empire this book really felt miserable intentionally of course. I did think it dragged on near the end but nevertheless it was very well written. Highly recommend Narrator was excellent!

Excellent! This is the first time I’ve ever considered WWII from a non-Jewish German citizen’s perspective. In a time before social media, it’s believable that the detective would trust the newspapers and radio broadcasts since they had been reliable sources before prior to the war

I really enjoyed this book. More so for the setting and perspective. I think it was very brave of the authors to set this book in WWII Germany. Kept me guessing to the end and was very interesting.

The story wasn’t so much a detective murder mystery, which is what I expected, but way more of a Nazi Germany history. This book holds no punches, so beware for some horrific stuff. Overall, it was a terrific book.

Good story especially behind the scenes account ot the war in Berlin.