Blackout, Simon Scarrow
Blackout, Simon Scarrow
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Blackout

Author: Simon Scarrow

Narrator: Simon Mattacks

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2022


Synopsis

Berlin 1939. The city is blanketed by snow and ice. In the distance, the rumble of war grows louder. In the shadows, a serial killer rises . . .

As the Nazis tighten their chokehold on the capital, panic and paranoia fester as blackout is rigidly enforced. Every night the city is plunged into an oppressive, suffocating darkness—pitch perfect conditions for unspeakable acts.

When a young woman is found brutally murdered, it's up to Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke to solve the case quickly. His reputation is already on the line for his failure to join the Nazi Party. If he doesn't solve the case, the consequences could be fatal.

Schenke's worst fears are confirmed when a second victim is found. As the investigation takes him deeper into the regime's darkest corridors, Schenke realizes danger lurks behind every corner—and that the warring factions of the Reich can be as deadly as a killer stalking the streets . . .

About Simon Scarrow

Simon Scarrow is a #1 Sunday Times bestselling author whose historical fiction and thrillers have been translated into more than twenty languages with millions of copies sold. A former history teacher and lecturer, he is the author of the long-running Eagles of the Empire military fiction series set in Ancient Rome as well as a quartet of novels about the lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte, among other novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

I thought I would read this excellent thriller again, as the sequel (Dead of Night) will be published next month. Still a great read the second time around & here's my original review from 2021.... In December 1939 Germany is in the grip of a freezing cold winter, the country is at war & the blackout......more

Goodreads review by Javir11

7,5/10 Me apetecía ver a Scarrow fuera de su zona de confort, y lo cierto es que al final nos ha dado una novela notable y sobre todo entretenida. La acción arranca justo en el inicio de la expansión del Tercer Reich. Polonia acaba de ser conquistada con mucha facilidad y el nazismo se encuentra en la......more

Goodreads review by Mike

What is the value of being a criminal investigator in a state run by criminals?’ I recently read the second book in this series by Simon Scarrow. An author I only knew from his Roman stories of the legionaries Macro and Cato. Now having read the first in the series I am looking forward to a third. The......more