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The Commandant's Daughter - Catherine Hokin Historical fiction(WW2)

Hanni Winter is now a photographer, a love borne from a kindness when she was small. She has changed her name and fled from the father who did such terrible things during the war era. She meets a detective, Freddy,  and works with him as she has an eye for detail and her pictures record the crimes. The crimes being that someone appears to be after SS officers who somehow have escaped Nuremberg and gone back into society. When Hanni discovers that her father is not only alive but has reinvented himself as his own brother, whilst painting her and her “ father” as horrific Nazis she quickly has to think on her feet in order to survive. She can't reveal her past to Freddy as he feels that anyone not doing anything about the criminals of war is as bad as the criminals themselves. Hanni wishes she could give the murderer  a certain name to save her own skin and should he really be caught when he is possibly doing the good people of Germany a favour?
I really enjoyed this- it's a very different “ war” read. It tells of the hardships of life after the event and of how not every criminal was caught or tried as it was a very chaotic time. I liked both Hanni and Freddy and look forward to the next in the series(this is the first one). A wonderful, informative,enjoyable read.
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Book Description:

A heartbreaking novel about the incredible courage of ordinary people during the Second World War. Fans of The Alice Network, The Nightingale and The Tattooist of Auschwitz will never forget this powerful story of hope found in the darkest days.

1933, Berlin. Ten-year-old Hanni Foss stands by her father watching the celebrations marking Adolf Hitler as Germany’s new leader. As the torchlights fade, her safe and happy childhood changes forever as Reiner, the father she adores, is corrupted by his new position as commandant of an infamous concentration camp…

Twelve years later. As the Nazi regime crumbles, Hanni hides from her father on the outskirts of Berlin. In stolen moments, she develops the photographs she took to record the horrors of the camp – the empty food bowls and desperate faces – and vows to get justice for the innocent people she couldn’t help as a child.

But her carefully constructed new life is threatened when Hanni discovers a body hidden in a bombed-out building, and meets Freddy, the tortured young detective in charge of the case. Could the fierce emotion in his brown eyes distract Hanni from her quest for atonement?

Or will Reiner stop her himself? Because on the day she plans to deliver her damning photographs to the Allies, Hanni comes face to face with her father again. Reiner Foss has a powerful new identity and he makes it clear just how dangerous it will be to expose him. Now she faces a devastating choice, between the past which haunts her, and the chance of a future with Freddy…

Author Bio:

I seem to have followed a rather meandering career, including marketing and teaching and politics (don't try and join the dots), to get where I have always wanted to be, which is writing historical fiction. I am a story lover as well as a story writer and nothing fascinates me more than a strong female protagonist and a quest. Hopefully those are what you will encounter when you pick up my books.

I am from the North of England but now live very happily in Glasgow with my American husband. Both my children have left home (one to London and one to Berlin) which may explain why I am finally writing. If I'm not at my desk you'll most probably find me in the cinema, or just follow the sound of very loud music.

I'd love to hear from you and there are lots of ways you can find me, so jump in via my website https://www.catherinehokin.com/ or on my Cat Hokin FB page or on twitter @cathokin

Buy Link:

Amazon: https://bit.ly/3mcGSz8