The Man from Berlin

Gregor Reinhardt, Book 1

De: Luke McCallin

Narrado por: John Lee

In war-torn Yugoslavia, a beautiful young filmmaker and photographer - a veritable hero to her people - and a German officer have been brutally murdered. Assigned to the case is military intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt. Already haunted by his wartime actions and the mistakes he's made off the battlefield, he soon finds that his investigation may be more than just a murder, and that the late Yugoslavian heroine may have been much more brilliant - and treacherous - than anyone knew. Maneuvering his way through a minefield of political, military, and personal agendas and vendettas, Reinhardt knows that someone is leaving a trail of dead bodies to cover their tracks. But those bloody tracks may lead Reinhardt to a secret hidden within the ranks of the powerful that they will do anything to keep. And his search for the truth may kill him before he ever finds it.

©2013 Luke McCallin (P)2014 Tantor

Very entertaining.

Loved this novel. John Lee is a wonderful performer. This was hard to pause listening, I would often listen at work when I could because I couldn't stop.

What a story!

Welcome to the club Mr. McCallin. You have earned shelf space with LaCarre, Furst, Kerr, and other scribes who dazzle us with stunning journeys through WW II and the lives of its heroes and villains.
You are a master craftsman of the art of intrigue. I was consumed by your use of character development, plot lines, atmospheric texture and ethos.
And if John Lee doesn't win an Oscar for his singularly spectacular narrative interpretation of this multi-character, trans European Tolstoy-esque Proustian joy ride I will eat my hat.
Cheers!

The Man From Transylvania

A very very poor man's Alan Furst. Overly simplistic story with a series of somewhat irrelevant twists. No real sense of jeopardy for the hero. Deeply unsatisfying ending.

By far the worst feature however is the reading. I normally do not mind John Lee as a reader, but his interpretation of a German officer and a Czech officer comes across like an episode of that classic 80s buddy cop show Dracula & Dracula.

Excellent picture of the Balkans during Nazi occup

Explains a lot of what we saw when the fuse hit the powder keg in the 90's in Sarajevo. Excellent human portraits.

WWII Story with Unique Angle

Fascinating new series: The author uses his own experiences to craft a compelling story of a conflicted German officer serving in Yugoslavia during the height of Axis power. My only complaint is the lack of interesting female characters. The one major female character is dead! I plan to purchase the next audiobook in the series, anyway.