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The Pale House

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by Luke McCallin
John Lee
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German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has just been reassigned to the Feldjaegerkorps—a new branch of the military police with far-reaching powers. His position separates him from the friends and allies he has made in the last two years. And he needs them now more than ever.

While retreating through Yugoslavia with the rest of the army, Reinhardt witnesses a massacre of civilians by the dreaded Ustaše—only to discover that there is more to the incident than anyone believes. When five mutilated bodies turn up, Reinhardt knows that the stakes are growing more important—and more dangerous.

As his investigation begins to draw the attention of those in power, Reinhardt's friends and associates are made to suffer. But as he desperately tries to uncover the truth, his own past with the Ustaše threatens his efforts. Because when it comes to death and betrayal, some people have long memories. And they remember Reinhardt all too well.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Gregor Reinhardt

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 1, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781494522339
      • File size: 346190 KB
      • Duration: 12:01:13

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      John Lee is an incredible vocal chameleon. His protagonist here is Gregor Reinhart, a good German and former intelligence officer assigned to the Feldjaegercorps military police in Sarajevo in the waning days of the Nazi occupation in the Balkans. Much has already been lost here, and everyone knows that much more loss is coming as the Communist partisans close in. When Reinhart insists on investigating a massacre of civilian refugees, the trail leads him to The Pale House, stronghold of the Ustase, Croatian fascist clients of the Nazis, who are in league with many of Reinhart's colleagues. Lee's elegant control of his characters' personalities, their fears and frailties, and their many different accents, makes his performance of this tightly plotted and gripping novel a tour de force. B.G. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 26, 2014
      In McCallin’s well-executed sequel to 2013’s The Man from Berlin, set mainly in 1945 Sarajevo, Capt. Gregor Reinhardt, a former Berlin police detective, has been transferred to the Feldjaegerkorps, a branch of the German military police that accepts only officers and noncommissioned officers with a minimum of three years of combat experience. Though Reinhardt fears that his membership in the anti-Hitler movement will be uncovered, he can’t resist causing trouble by following his investigations wherever they may lead. At a roadblock set up by the Ustase, the Croatian fascist organization, he confronts a brutal Ustase officer who has been using a spiked club on terrified refugees. Friction between him and the Ustase only complicates Reinhardt’s subsequent probe into the murders of men dressed in German uniforms. Readers who can’t wait for Philip Kerr’s next Bernie Gunther novel will find much to like, even if McCallin falls short of Kerr’s high standard. Agent: Peter Rubie, FinePrint Literary Management.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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