City of Shadows, (Paperback)

from jjaylynny

I love this book; and it screams for a rereading after you know the plot twist. Upon rereading the clues are ingenious and heartbreaking both. Franklin (pseudonym for a writer of historical fiction) deftly writes history that is sharp in tone, not sentimental or maudlin. The tension of the last p...

from lindymc

Set in Berlin in the 1920s and early '30s, as Hitler and his storm troopers are coming into power. Esther, a survivor of Russian pograms, finds herslf in the position of protecting and coaching Anna Anderson, the real-life woman claiming, and perceived by many, to be the the Grand Duchess Anatasi...

from gypsysmom

This is a little different from the Mistress of Death series by this author that I have read. For one thing it is set in a fairly recent historical era, the time between the two world wars. For another, it is not so much who did it as will he be caught. Esther is a Russian Jew who escaped from th...

from auntieknickers

City of Shadows opens in 1920s Berlin, in the world of daring nightclubs and Russian emigres. After a gap of several years, it returns to 1930s Berlin, just as Hitler is coming to power. The protagonists are Schmidt, a Berlin policeman, and Esther, a Jewish refugee from Russia. They are tied toge...

from MuseofIre

This beautifully written thriller is one of the most satisfying books I've read in some time. Set in a vividly depicted Berlin between the wars, it revolves around Esther Solomonova, a scarred Russian Jewish refugee with a tragic past; Siegfried Schmidt, a kind and honest man who is also a clever...