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The Butchers of Berlin

By: Chris Petit
Narrated by: Allan Corduner
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For fans of Robert Harris, David Peace and Joseph Kanon - a taut, gripping and darkly menacing novel set in wartime Berlin.

'Powerful evocation of a city living in terror' Sunday Times Crime Club

'Ambitious, darkly atmospheric' The Times

Berlin 1943. August Schlegel lives in a world full of questions with no easy answers. Why is he being called out on a homicide case when he works in financial crimes? Why did the old Jewish soldier with an Iron Cross shoot the block warden in the eye then put a bullet through his own head? Why does Schlegel persist with the case when no one cares because the Jews are all being shipped out anyway? And why should Eiko Morgen, wearing the dreaded black uniform of the SS, turn up and say he has been assigned to work with him?
Corpses, dressed with fake money, bodies flayed beyond recognition: are these routine murders committed out of rage or is someone trying to tell them something ... Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Mystery
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Story was okay, maybe slightly over the top... but you couldn't put it down.. (stop listening). I have now listened to almost 300 novels on Audible. This had only one error.... lol... See if you can find it, or more. I will be listening to the next instalment though😉

Slightly beyond your imagination....

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A very long winded and convoluted story, which others may well enjoy. I struggled with the overlong narrative and in places implausible characters and plot line.

This doesn't mean the book is bad it just didn't hit the mark for me.

Doesn't hit the mark.

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basically a great 14 hour listen but as the other guys have said, its very convoluted and many characters - plots, sub-plots

I like Mr Corduner very much and enjoy his reading, I think he is an excellent actor and hugely talented. Im not sure if this is helpful or not but I felt that AC had a favourite character and that that character was not our main hero. I also felt that it was rushed, there no pauses or breaks or change of pace. It was just a relentless plot driven story and I felt that AC never knew what was coming next - and I think a narrator needs to know, or else suspense cant be built

Its a great story, vicious and incredibly visceral dirty and horrible. It is written is such detail and with even more horror in this world we are in in the novel, that bears thinking about. The Persecution is written and and narrated in brutal honesty and that I think is brilliant from Mr P and Mr C.

I am looking forward to Saskia Reeves despite the terrible customer review

Problems..but I , dont know where they are

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The storyline was both imaginative and horrific. But the book (and audiobook) were also complex and meandering - very little pace. This is a 'marmite' book. That said: the narration was first-class and I will try this author again - hoping that the next book I try, will be a bit lighter and better-paced.

Very dark; complex

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With characters based around Nazi Germany in WW2, the intrigue and novel has some historical basis showing the grime underbelly of the period. Enjoyable nonetheless! 👍

An enjoyable alternative crime thriller

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