The Pilot's Girl by Catherine Hokin-World War 2 historical crime
Hanni is now a photographer in Berlin after the war. She is trying to put the past horrors behind her and save for her own photographic studio. Through work she meets Tony who is a PR for the American airforce but has his own demons. Her friend Freddy who is now a DI and she works with, has his own horrors as he is jewish and barely escaped with his life. Hanni is the photographer at crime scenes and the latest one is a young boy apparently strangled with no apparent motive. There are then more murders but the police headed by Freddy are struggling to find a connection between the victims or anything that might lead to the perpetrator. It's as if he is a friendly face who can open doors but who is doing this and why? Will Hanni fall for Tony or make amends with Freddy?
This is a different read from the first one in the series as this one is more of a crime read amongst the fall out of war and the division of Berlin at the time. It would stand alone however Hanni and Freddys backgrounds would make more sense if the first one has already been read.
A little romance, a mystery, several murders and much more. A different read, an interesting one which gives a perspective of post war Germany.
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Four years later. Hanni Winter shivers in her thin coat as she hurries through the empty Berlin streets to her job. Despite the freezing winter and poverty all around, her cheeks flush when she meets the man she is photographing today, charismatic Tony Miller, the American pilot risking his life to bring food and provisions to the starving people of the city. But her rush of joy turns to ash as she sees the man behind him…
It’s been years since Hanni fled her terrible past, but seeing Reiner Foss now brings back harrowing memories of the man they called The Showman, and of the concentration camp he commanded. The last time she tried to expose him, Hanni almost died, can she dare to try again? Or should she seize the chance she sees in Tony’s sparkling eyes to leave the horrors of the war behind?
Hanni is no longer the frightened child she was when the Nazis devastated her life beyond repair. She vows to avenge every person who suffered at Reiner’s hands. But does her attraction to Tony leave her vulnerable? Can Hanni protect her loved ones from her past, or will the cost of fighting her demons ultimately prove more than she can pay?
A devastating novel about finding the strength to survive when all hope seems lost. Fans of The Alice Network, The Nightingale and The Tattooist of Auschwitz grab your tissues and dive into this heartbreaking story.
Catherine Hokin is the author of several World War Two inspired novels set in Berlin, her favourite city. Following a History degree at Manchester University she worked in teaching, marketing and politics, while waiting for a chance to do what she really wanted, which was to write full time. Her short stories have been published by iScot, Writers Forum and Myslexia magazines and she was the winner of the 2019 Fiction 500 Short Story Competition. She is a lover of strong female leads and a quest.
Catherine now lives in Glasgow with her American husband. She has two grown-up children – one of whom lives, very conveniently, in Berlin – and a lifelong addiction to very loud music.
https://www.catherinehokin.
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