Straight Into Darkness

by Faye Kellerman Narrated by Paul Michael

Overview

As night descends, a killer awaits...

With ten consecutive New York Times bestsellers, Faye Kellerman is truly a "master of mystery" (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Now she turns her acute eye on 1920s Munich, a war-wounded city rocked by political agitation and stalked by a nameless, barbaric butcher.

Lustmord-the joy of murder. The terrifying concept seems apt for the brutal slaying of a beautiful young society wife dumped in the vast English Garden. Homicide inspector Axel Berg is horrified by the crime...and disturbed by the artful arrangement of the victim's clothes and hair -a madman's portrait of death.

Berg's superiors demand quick answers and a quick arrest: a vagrant, the woman's husband, anyone who can be demonized will do. When a second body is discovered, the city erupts into panic, the unrest fomented by the wild-eyed, hate-mongering Austrian Adolf Hitler and his Brownshirt party of young thugs.

Berg can trust no one as he relentlessly hunts a ruthless killer, dodging faceless enemies and back-alley intrigue, struggling to bring a fiend to justice before the country-and his life-veer straight into darkness.

Editorial Reviews

JUN/JUL 06 - AudioFile

Faye Kellerman has penned her most powerful and literary novel, one that translates beautifully into audio, with Paul Michael at the microphone. A darker story than Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus books, this title is a historical murder mystery set in Germany during the rise of the Nazi Party. The book is replete with well-defined characters, in particular Homicide Inspector Axel Berg, who is a complex and tortured protagonist. Not only must Berg solve a series of brutal murders, he must also deal with the political and personal realities confronting him as Hitler rises to power. As in THE DA VINCI CODE, Michael handles the foreign characters and voices deftly and with ease, while adding depth to Kellerman's intricate and gripping plot. D.J.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

Library Journal

JUN/JUL 06 - AudioFile

Faye Kellerman has penned her most powerful and literary novel, one that translates beautifully into audio, with Paul Michael at the microphone. A darker story than Kellerman's Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus books, this title is a historical murder mystery set in Germany during the rise of the Nazi Party. The book is replete with well-defined characters, in particular Homicide Inspector Axel Berg, who is a complex and tortured protagonist. Not only must Berg solve a series of brutal murders, he must also deal with the political and personal realities confronting him as Hitler rises to power. As in THE DA VINCI CODE, Michael handles the foreign characters and voices deftly and with ease, while adding depth to Kellerman's intricate and gripping plot. D.J.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169350036
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/23/2005
Edition description:	Unabridged

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