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Hitler's Peace

gripping alternative history thriller from a global bestseller

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Hitler's Peace

By: Philip Kerr
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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A gripping alternative history thriller set in the Second World War, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels.

Autumn 1943. Hitler knows he cannot win the war: now he must find a way to make peace. FDR and Stalin are willing to negotiate; only Churchill refuses to listen. The upcoming Allied Tehran conference will be where the next steps - whatever they are - will be decided.

Into this nest of double- and triple-dealing steps Willard Mayer, OSS agent and FDR's envoy to the conference. His job is to secure the peace that the USA and Hitler now crave. The stakes couldn't be higher.

Showcasing Philip Kerr's brilliant research and masterful plotting at its best, Hitler's Peace has never before been published in the UK and is a fitting coda to the career of one of the masters of the historical thriller.

(P) 2019 Quercus Editions Limited©2020 Thynker Ltd 20th Century Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military War Fiction Stalin Imperialism Winston Churchill Middle East Franklin D Roosevelt Military
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Kerr’s untimely death robbed his readers of who knows how many more great books. This one plays fast and loose with history and with the notions of fact, image and storytelling. Real people pop up but that doesn’t mean the story is. It’s done in a subtle and amusing way though.

Can only make us wonder what more Philip Kerr could have done.

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First off, this is a quite absorbing tale which is extremely well narrated,however!
The denouement is extremely weak and sadly badly constructed.
The idea that one of the principal players would have been influenced in the way he is by a concern for the human suffering of his own people is a laughable construct. Similarly the ending is a trite and cliched sacrificial nonsense which plays against everything we have learned about the character during the novel. Disappointing to say the least.

There was a great story in here somewhere.

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Good and entertaining book however it could have been better. Narrator is not very good in my opinion and its a pity. Portrays however an interesting thesis and good listen to spend some time.

Bernie Guntheresque

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I wasn’t going into this book expecting it to be historically accurate, it’s a fiction book so expect it to be fictional. It’s not a bad book and overall I enjoyed it.

The story seemed to build up for a long time and then seemed to rush to a finish in the last few chapters. Often this is a good thing but in this case it just seemed like the author had run out of story so just seemed to end it.

The main character also seemed to become less and less plausible as the story progresses as he seems to become the confident and saviour of everyone.

Shame as it had a good build up and I enjoyed most of the book.

Ok but rushed ending

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Good feel for the period, some excellent twists. Good play on the paranoia of a separate peace deal during WW2, which continued right to the end in reality. Kerr’s detective series which examines Germany before, during and after the war, is also worth reading

Hitler and Starlin compete for Monster of the twentieth century

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