Publisher Description

Willi Geismeier is proving to be a headache for the Nazis yet again as leader of the Flower Gang - a secret organisation helping people flee Germany. But is his cover about to be blown?

1944. Captain Charlie Herder's plane is shot down in woods near Munich. A week later, he has managed to evade capture by the SS, but for how much longer? As the American pilot desperately tries to make his way to the French border, a huge manhunt ensues.

Former Munich police detective Willi Geismeier is still proving to be a thorn in the side of the Gestapo in his new incarnation as leader of the Flower Gang, a flourishing network of secret operatives helping Jews and others escape Germany. But a catastrophe occurs when the gang's plan to help Charlie is compromised, and Willi faces a race against time to work out how their scheme was derailed if he and his operatives are to stand a chance of surviving the war . . .

Author Biography

Peter Steiner is the author of the critically acclaimed Louis Morgon series of crime novels. He is also a cartoonist for The New Yorker and is the creator of one of the most famous cartoons of the technological age which prompted the adage, 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.'

Review

Smashing . . . Put this series in the hands of Philip Kerr fans * Booklist *
Fans of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther will want to take a look * Publishers Weekly *
Taut . . . Steiner maintains suspense * Publishers Weekly on The Constant Man *
Steiner nicely dramatizes the politics of early Weimar Germany. Readers will welcome Geismeier's further adventures * Publishers Weekly on The Good Cop *
Impressive . . . A precisely written, carefully plotted novel, all the more dramatic for its understated tone * Booklist on The Good Cop *
Steiner writes with crisp prose, using just a few crucial sentences to set a scene and unfurl the action . . . He does an excellent job of developing our empathy for each of the principal characters * Historical Novel Society on The Good Cop *

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A chilling thriller set in Munich during World War II.

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Taut . . . Steiner maintains suspense

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A chilling thriller set in Munich during World War II.

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