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Loading... The Man from Mittelwerk (2022)by M.Z. Urlocker
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: "A fast-paced, smart debut novel that blends noir and Lovecraftian elements. If you like J.J. Abram's alternate history Overlord, this book is for you." â??James Kestrel, author of Five Decembers 1950. The Cold War simmers, and ex-GI Jack Waters is called in to investigate a fatal accident at a research lab in California. When Waters recognizes the victim, he realizes he must revisit his hidden past in World War II to solve a murder and prevent Nazi scientists from creating a terrible, new weapon in America. Blending noir detective fiction with post-WWII history, The Man from Mittelwerk builds from the facts of Operation Paperclip, the U.S. government's secret recruitment of 1,600 top Nazi scientists, to pose a dark what-if scenar No library descriptions found. |
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It's an interesting entry in the noir genre, with some Lovecraftian near-scifi: a pot-smoking jazz-jamming protagonist chasing a twin, a girl and a nice little mystery. There's some good WWII history to motivate the story.
There are some great supporting characters that move things along nicely.
Most of all, the twists and turns kept me guessing to the final pages about how things would come out.
Really surprising debut novel. I hope to read more! (