First book by Faye Kellerman I've read, but this is an excellent mystery and also an excellent history of Germany during the early 30's during Hitlers rise to power. I highly recommend it.

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This is not your usual Faye Kellerman book....the characters you know are not present. The novel takes place in 1929 in Munich; a dark period of German history. There is a serial killer in the city and Inspector Berg is assigned to find him. His life, as he knows it, will forever be changed. Very good book.

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The title, Straight into Darkness, is very appropriate. The period od the late 1920's in Germany was a dark time for all who lived there. I found myself being drawn into the book and having a hard time putting it down. Faye Kellerman is a wonderful auther.

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Excellent mystery mixing Nazi's and murders.

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Kellerman is a master story teller. It is 1929 in Munich, Germany, a period between the Great Wars. Kellerman says this book is a personal journey for her: a way to connect with her father who came from Germany. It is a pageturner that makes you feel you are with Policeman Berg as he trys to find a serial killer.

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Excellent!!! Quoting the author, "a work born of my passionate desire to connect to a hidden part of my father's life. Set between the two world wars in a city that nurtured the ultimate serial killer, the book is my attempt to understand the inconceivable." From the back cover, "This extraordinary book combines authentic social history with a first-rate murder mystery."

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