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Berlin Duet

Berlin Duet
  • Author(s): S W Perry
  • Location(s): Berlin, Europe
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Espionage, Historical
  • Era(s): 20th Century

DIVIDED BY WAR. UNITED BY A SECRET. Berlin,1938. English spy Harry Taverner and Jewish-American photographer Anna Cantrell spend the night dancing at Berlin’s most elegant hotel as the Nazi shadow rises over Europe. Neither expects they will ever meet...

Berlin Game

Berlin Game
  • Author(s): Len Deighton
  • Location(s): Berlin, London
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Cold War

Berlin Noir (Akashic Noir)

Berlin Noir (Akashic Noir)
  • Author(s): Thomas Wortche
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Noir
  • Era(s): Variouss

Berlin’s noir tradition is fueled by history, geography, and various literary traditions, all of which add up to a powerful volume of riveting short stories. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with...

Berlin Seeds

Berlin Seeds
  • Author(s): Nick Buckets
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

In the bustling metropolis of Berlin, homicide detective Olaf Bauer struggles with the aftermath of a shootout. An organ trafficking gang claimed his partner’s life, and Olaf holds himself responsible. So when a young woman is murdered with her...

Berlin Stories

Berlin Stories
  • Author(s): Robert Walser
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Early 1900s

A New York Review Books Original. In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural...

Berlin: A Literary Guide for Travellers

Berlin: A Literary Guide for Travellers
  • Author(s): Paul Sullivan and Marcel Krueger
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Miscellaneous
  • Era(s): Various

Berlin is a city forever in the process of becoming, never being, and so it lives more powerfully in the imagination. Rory MacLean, Berlin: Imagine a City Located at the epicentre of modern Europe s most significant and turbulent...

Beton Rouge

Beton Rouge
  • Author(s): Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward (translator)
  • Location(s): Hamburg, Bavaria
  • Genre(s): Crime, In Translation, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

On a warm September morning, an unconscious man is found in a cage at the entrance to the offices of one of the biggest German newspapers. Closer inspection shows he is a manager of the company, and he’s been...

Beyond The Horizon

Beyond The Horizon
  • Author(s): Amma Darko
  • Location(s): Ghana, Germany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A first novel by a Ghanaian woman who spent some time in Germany. It provides an account of the exploitation of women in Africa and Europe, and tells of an immigrant who, having travelled to Germany to find a...

Black Roses

Black Roses
  • Author(s): Jane Thynne
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1933

Berlin, 1933. Warning bells ring across Europe as Hitler comes to power. Clara Vine, an attractive young Anglo-German actress, arrives in Berlin to find work at the famous Ufa studios. Through a chance meeting, she is unwillingly drawn into...

Blackout

Blackout
  • Author(s): Simon Scarrow
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Early WW2

Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, as the bleak winter sun...

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