Dead of Night The edge-of-your seat Berlin wartime thriller from the master storyteller
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Biographical note
Simon Scarrow is the acclaimed author of multiple Sunday Times bestsellers, including Revenge of Rome and The Gladiator. He is also the author of many other acclaimed novels including the Sunday Times bestseller A Death in Berlin, and a quartet of bestselling novels about Wellington and Napoleon. With T. J. Andrews he has co-written Warrior, focusing on the rebel chief Caratacus, and Arena, following the career of a gladiator hero, and more.A compelling, atmospheric <b>page-turner</b>
Steve Cavanagh
<b>Gripping</b> and <b>compelling</b> . . . balances immersive historical scene-setting with <b>masterful plotting</b>
Dan Jones
A <b>superb thriller</b> with all the elements that make for a <b>seriously gripping story</b> - an outsider hero in jeopardy, a world of brooding danger, and an entirely, <b>terrifyingly believable denouement</b>
Owen Matthews
A <b>chilling</b> and <b>accomplished historical thriller</b>
Vaseem Khan
An <b>absolute stone-cold page-turner</b>
S. G. MacLean
'Scarrow's second World War Two thriller is a <b>tense</b> and <b>fast-paced</b> tale <b>rich in period atmosphere</b>'
- Bill Todd, The Sun
The moral ambiguity gives it a very <b>especial edge</b>. It is a tense, fast-moving story with <b>plenty of action</b>, culminating in a vividly described shoot-out
- Edward James, Historical Novel Review
Scarrow has alighted on an aspect of Nazi policy that certainly deserves to be better known
- James Owen, The Times
'A compelling, atmospheric page-turner' STEVE CAVANAGH
'Gripping and compelling . . . balances immersive historical scene-setting with masterful plotting' DAN JONES
'A seriously gripping story - an outsider hero in jeopardy, a world of brooding danger, and an entirely, terrifyingly believable denouement' OWEN MATTHEWS
BERLIN, JANUARY 1940
Germany has conquered Poland. The world is praying for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute.
One freezing night, an SS doctor and his wife return home from an evening out. By sunrise, the doctor will be lifeless in a pool of blood.
There is pressure to record the incident as a suicide, but the first evidence uncovered by Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke points to a chillingly staged murder. The investigation is swiftly blocked by Schenke's superiors, but he can't let it go. When he uncovers links to the mysterious death of a child, a terrifying secret begins to emerge.
In times of war, under a ruthless regime, there are places no man should ever enter. And Schenke fears he may not return alive . . .
'A chilling and accomplished historical thriller' VASEEM KHAN
'An absolute stone-cold page-turner' S. G. MacLEAN