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I thought I would read this excellent thriller again, as the sequel (Dead of Night) will be published next month. Still a great read the second time around & here's my original review from 2021....
In December 1939 Germany is in the grip of a freezing cold winter, the country is at war & the blackout dampens the spirit of everyone's Christmas celebrations. As if this wasn't bad enough in the city of Berlin (in the words of Thin Lizzy) there's a killer on the loose.
Simon Scarrow uses the backdrop of wartime Berlin for a gripping thriller, in which real & fictional characters merge seemlessly.
Blackout starts as a slow burner before the tension builds brilliantly as ex racing driver, now Criminal Inspector, Horst Schenke hunts a murderer who uses the blackout as the perfect hunting ground. Schenke is a superb creation & Simon Scarrow fills the novel with a great supporting cast.
This is an excellent stand alone novel, but I really hope it's going to be the first one in a series. Fingers crossed.