December 1, 2023
Robards's (The Girl from Guernica) newest WWII-set thriller sees psychological profiler Dr. Elin Lund summoned by the Nazis to Berlin, ordered to investigate a serial killer's brutal crimes. Detective Kurt Schneider is also called on to solve the case; if he fails, it will be at the cost of his life. Prepub Alert.
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May 15, 2024
Just as Nazi Germany is tightening its grip on Denmark in September 1943, Elin Lund is summoned to Berlin to help solve a serial-killer case. It is her second visit to the city; the first was as a teenager with her father, also a serial-killer specialist, and her mother, killed in a hit-and-run during the trip. Upon arrival, Elin is paired with Kriminalinspektor Kurt Schneider, who also has shadows in his past. He was an up-and-coming officer until reassigned to the Russian front. Wounded badly, he is now back in his former role and trying to make his mark, but he is under scrutiny by his higher-ups. As Elin and Kurt seek patterns at the crime scenes and in the evidence, they suspect that the killer identifies his victims at speakeasies frequented by the Nazi elite. They also see that the killer seems to have a schedule, and the next murder is looming. With much of the investigation taking place in the Nazi underworld, there is a darkness here which is lightened by the romance Robards weaves into the plot.
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