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Loading... The Dark Edge of Nightby Mark Pryor
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  eyes.2c | Aug 9, 2023 |   It's tough being an honest cop in an occupied country where the occupiers have their own ideas about right and wrong and how to keep the locals under their bootheels. The Bosche have taken over France and Paris is the worse for it, but police detective Henri Lefort does his best in spite of it all. The book is well written and riveting. One only wishes that it was not based on so much truth. I requested and received an EARC from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you! (  ) jetangen4571 | Jun 5, 2023 | no reviews | add a review
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"Winter 1940: With soldiers parading down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Nazi flags dangling from the Arc de Triomphe, and the Eiffel Tower defaced with German propaganda, Parisians have little to celebrate as Christmas approaches. Police Inspector Henri Lefort's wishes for a quiet holiday season are dashed when the Gestapo orders him to investigate the disappearance of Dr. Viktor Brandt, a neurologist involved in a secret project at one of Paris's hospitals. Being forced onto a missing persons case for the enemy doesn't deter Henri from conducting his real job. A Frenchman has been beaten to death in what appears to be a botched burglary, and catching a killer is more important than locating a wayward scientist. But when Henri learns that the victim's brother is a doctor who worked at the same hospital as the missing German, his investigation takes a disturbing turn. Uncovering a relationship between the two men-one that would not be tolerated by the Third Reich-Henri must tread carefully. And when he discovers that Dr. Brandt's experimental work is connected to groups of children being taken from orphanages, Henri risks bringing the wrath of both the SS and the Gestapo upon himself and everyone he loves."-- No library descriptions found. |
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It’s 1940 and Paris is in the hands of the Boche. Inspector Henri Lefort is a policeman who’d fought in the first war and remembers the Germans well. They haven’t disappointed this time around. Still arrogant, demanding, bullying and terrifying.
Henri has been commandeered by the Gestapo to find a missing doctor. Not your usual sort of person to go missing. The doctor is found, run over by a train and disfigured beyond recognition.
Here’s the strange thing a second unrelated person has been found with similar injuries. Coincidence or design?
As well, his neighbour and fried, Princess Bonaparte is upset about French disabled children being seized from orphanages, supposedly to work in a munitions factory in Rennes.
All clues are pointing towards Rennes and Henri needs to discover what’s there. When he does he’s appalled. Now how to solve the problem of giving a report to the Nazis that won’t compromise him.
Based on brilliantly handled shocking truths, Henri Lefort looks like quickly joining the ranks of Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther—one of my favorite war time detectives.
Good cop meets immovable fanatic overlords is a great trope and this makes a resounding addition to like works. The noir feel is palpable and I loved it.
A Minotaur ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher. (