Munich Wolf by Rory ClementsSynopsis: “Munich, 1935 – The Bavarian capital is a magnet for young, aristocratic Britons who come to learn German, swim in the lakes and drink beer in the cellars. What they don’t see – or choose to ignore – is the brutal underbelly of the Nazi movement which considers Munich its spiritual home. When a high-born English girl is murdered, Detective Sebastian Wolff is ordered to solve the crime. Wolff is already walking a tight line between doing his job and falling foul of the political party he abhors. Now Hitler is taking a personal interest in the case. Followed by the secret police and threatened by his own son, a fervent member of the Hitler Youth, the stakes have never been higher. And when Wolff begins to suspect that the killer might be linked to the highest reaches of the Nazi hierarchy, he fears his task is simply impossible – and that he might become the next victim.“

My Review

I enjoyed this latest thriller from Rory Clements. This is a standalone novel following on from his Professor Tom Wilde series that I loved.

This book is set in 1930s Germany, mostly in  Munich, and it follows Sebastian Wolff  a Detective in the Munich police force. He’s assigned to a very high profile murder case that has additional interest from Adolf Hitler himself. He’s under enormous pressure from his boss and the Nazi Party to find the murderer quickly and without any fuss. Wolff however wants to do his job properly, by methodically looking at all the angles and interviewing all the appropriate people who can help him solve the case.

I could feel the menace of the Nazi machinations throughout the book, even though this was before it was at the height of its powers.

I liked Wolff he was a good man, who really hated the Nazis and didn’t dance to their tune at all. He had to be careful as he investigated, especially when talking to friends of the top Nazis, like Unity Mitford, who was just as vile in this book as she was in real life!

I must admit that I was a little disappointed that this was very similar to the Tom Wilde series, except it was set in Germany instead of England, as I was expecting something slightly different. It was a good thriller full of red herrings that I fell for, and didn’t guess the murderer at all!

Recommended for lovers of historical crime fiction.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and Zaffre for my digital copy via the NetGalley App.