No Man Dies Twice
by Michael Smith
2020-12-30 09:47:59
In this World War II detective novel, a beleaguered German copâs latest case leads him to foreign spies and a plot to assassinate Hitler. Insp. Peter Ritter, one of the few honest detectives left in wartime Germany, is losing his grip on reality...
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In this World War II detective novel, a beleaguered German copâs latest case leads him to foreign spies and a plot to assassinate Hitler. Insp. Peter Ritter, one of the few honest detectives left in wartime Germany, is losing his grip on reality. The word on the street in the small Bavarian city of Rosenheim is that Ritter is not long for this world. Heâs made too many enemies with his rants against the regime and his obsession with solving crime, even when the villains are Nazi officials. The Gestapo is tracking his every move, and his marriage is falling apart. His only refuge is in drunken conversations with the specter of his dead father-in-law. When the killing of a Jew is followed by the bloody and brutal stabbing of the local Gestapo chief, Ritter realizes there is far more going on than just homicide. He uncovers a plot to assassinate Hitler, with British spies fighting a turf war on his patch. Ritter is left with a stark choice: call in the Gestapo or let the assassins succeed, in the hope that killing the Führer will save the Germany he loves. Perfect for fans of Tom Rob Smith and Philip Kerr Praise for No Man Dies Twice âRiveting . . . Smith takes us into an area of wartime Germany we have rarely read about before.â âJoseph Heywood, New York Timesâbestselling author of Shadow of the Wolf Tree âA powerful debut full of fear, suspense, violence, and geopolitical machinations . . . Smith explores turf reminiscent of the historical fiction of Alan Furst and Joseph Kanon.â âSebastian Rotella, author of Rip Crew âA gripping mystery.â âPublishers Weekly
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