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Appartiene alle SerieStella Bled (3)
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: From USA Today bestselling author A.W. Hartoin comes a series perfect for the fans of Kristen Hannah's The Nightingale, Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls, and Kit Sergeant's The Spark of Resistance: Women Spies in WWII. November 1939 Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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As always, author A. W. Hartoin does a masterful job of crafting a story that is complex and rich in detail but easy to follow at the same time, creating characters that seem real and weaving their actions so skillfully into actual world events that reading one of her stories is like reading a really fascinating history book. It is amazing how many clues are dropped throughout the story and how there is always a thread that ties them together in the very satisfying ending.
One Child in Berlin begins on a strong, emotional, intense note that continues on each and every page. Right from the start we are reminded who Abel was and what Stella’s promise to him means to her, and how strongly she mourns seeing him arrested and thrown on a train bound for a concentration camp. Stella’s supposedly simple assignment goes just a little off-kilter as soon as she sets foot in Berlin and she is forced to improvise. She trusted Abel, she trusts Nicky, and she trusts the Earl of Bickford, but none of them is there. She’s completely on her own, playing a role that she has to keep adapting to her circumstances. Her work at a nightclub for the rich and powerful of Berlin is fraught with danger, and she puts herself and her mission at risk with each step she takes to try and find the lost child. The story moves along at a rapid pace and I was in constant fear for Stella and those around her. Who can she trust? She feels close to the girls she works and lives with, but they are still the enemy. Author Hartoin once again perfectly captures the feel of Germany just before the war, the rapid, inexorable roller coast slide of the German people into nationalism, fear, adoration of their Fuhrer, suspicion of their once friends and neighbors and hatred of the Jews. In hindsight we can ask how this could happen to educated, hard-working, noble people, how they could believe what was happening was right, but when portrayed as A. W. Hartoin so elegantly portrays it you can see how one event after another after another so skillfully orchestrated by Hitler and those around him could sweep up the average German into believing that even if an individual action is wrong the goal is just.
This is the third book in the Stella series but there has been mention of Bleds since the first Mercy Watt mystery from this author. I am torn between wanting both of these series to go on forever and wanting to have a mile-high view to see the final weaving of all these people, places and (valuable) things. These books truly are gems and provide so many hours of reading, and re-reading, pleasure. I recommend One Child in Berlin and all of A. W. Hartoin’s books without hesitation. I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review, and all opinions are my own. Buy it, read it; it’s fantastic. ( )