Started January 3rd, finished January 10th. 272 pages.
As you may have noticed my blogging has been terribly ignored lately. A combination of a busy time at work and home improvements has left me with little free time. Apologies.
This is the second in the Bernie Gunther series of books. Once more we're in 1930's Berlin. This time Bernie is hired to try and solve the killings of many 'Aryan type' girls/young women. This looks very much like the work of a sexually motivated serial killer.
The scene setting is again very good. You find yourself immersed in the era. It's a good story. Full of the twists you expect from a thriller. I had inklings of what was going on but never the whole picture. Just how I like a novel.
My only problem with the book is the name dropping. There are a couple of very high ranking Nazi officials who pop up. I know they give you something you think you recognise. It doesn't work for me though it takes me out of it for a second or two. It's an easy way of giving a character plenty of weight. We all think we know these people and definitely have opinions on them. I would have preferred the characters to stay fictional though. Not a big problem for me, just a niggle.
3.5 out of 5 pawprints
Next The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Book 2 of 2012, total pages 548
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