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Bernie Gunther, a Berlin cop, is sent by the Wehrmacht’s War Crime Bureau to Smolensk in March 1943 to uncover proof that the Soviet Union murdered Polish officers in the Katyn Forest. Hitler’s propaganda machine and the army both hope such evidence will undermine the Western Allies and shield German war crimes. Gunther must navigate the rigid Prussian officer class of Army Group Center, interrogate witnesses, and confront the danger of a ruthless killer who may threaten his own life as the truth of Katyn—and the war—unfolds.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Philip Kerr
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