Book description
In the shadow of the Berlin Wall, murder is never an open-and-shut case . . .
The award-winning, critically acclaimed Cold War crime thriller set in East Berlin - perfect for fans of Tom Rob Smith, Phillip Kerr and Joseph Kanon.
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East Berlin, 1975 - When Oberleutnant Karin Muller…
Why read it?
1 author picked Stasi Child as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a police procedural set in the 1970s in East Berlin. The author successfully evokes an atmosphere of paranoia and suspicion, as the main character, a female detective, must try to solve the murder of a young girl who seems to have been killed fleeing from West to East Germany (not the usual direction). The feeling that everyone is watching, everyone is a potential informer, everything is potentially corrupt, corresponds to all the research I did on East Germany. Plus, it’s a great story that’s hard to put down.
From Michelle's list on showing East Germany really was like a spy movie.
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