Deeply anchored in the 1930s, post WWI-Berlin, the well documented and atmospheric Operation Berlin by bestselling author Michael Ridpath has complex characters and a smart crime plot. As I am both interested in books set in my home city and in historical fiction during the 20th century, this book suited perfectly my rainy April weekend.
Historian Archie Laverick is searching in Berlin for information about a famed Prussian general, crossing pathways with Esme Carmichael, an ambitious young lady who wants to be a foreign correspondent. As usual, Berlin is the best place in the world for meetings of opposites. Archie´s quest for historical truth and Esme´s ambitions will be both needed when they team together to finding the real murderer of a crime attributed to a young Jewish lady.
The pace is relatively moderate, allowing a generous space for reflection about the complex Berlin ambiance in the 1930s. We may know what followed but as for now, the signals are still there to be seen and noticed without any further historical premonition skills.
The book is the first stand alone from The Foreign Correspondent Series and I am very much interesting to follow up with the next installments.
The black-and-white cover is convening very well the ambiance of the book, therefore it needs a special mention of itself.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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