Here's my somewhat battered copy:
I've been revisiting some of the mystery novels which I've owned for years... they're sort of the literary equivalent of comfort food. I just finished Death In Berlin, the 1955 book by British novelist M.M. Kaye. Kaye was married to an officer in the British army who was stationed in many places around the world in the 1950's, so she wrote a murder mystery set in each of the countries in which they lived. I own all of these, as well as a couple of other novels by her. Death In Berlin is set in 1953 which is an extremely interesting period because it is after the War, but before the building of the Berlin Wall. Berlin at this time is divided into different sectors for the occupying forces - the Russian sector, the British sector, the American sector- and there's a good bit of tension in the air. Germany is quickly rebuilding, but there are still areas that are filled with rubble, and sightseeing expeditions take groups of tourists to view the bombed out wrecks of former Nazi strongholds and edifices. Near the beginning of the novel, a British officer is murdered, and it is unclear at first if it was a personal matter, a political one, or something else entirely... Here's my somewhat battered copy: Also, I've finished all five existing seasons of The Expanse on Amazon Prime and really enjoyed it, so have downloaded the first novel in the series- Leviathan Wakes. I haven't read very far into it yet, but so far it doesn't disappoint.
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