08-26-2008, 11:28 PM
Here's another book I really enjoyed.....City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin (2006). It takes place in 1920s and 1930s Berlin and the author does an amazing job of evoking a sense of place and time. I really learned a lot about the conditions of Weimar Germany that gave rise to the Nazi party.
It's a murder mystery that revolves around the real-life character of Anna Anderson who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov. There is a sexy love story and I don't mean the characters sleeping around all the time. I mean that there is a real chemistry between the couple and really appealing dialogue. I really cared about both characters deeply.
What was most amazing was this....the mystery is about a vicious killer, but he actually falls into the background when she describes the emerging Nazi movement. Amazing job of making me question who the real monsters were in the book.
This is a very unusual book with all the characters being either Russian or German. The ending stretched believability a little, but that's a small price to pay.
It's a murder mystery that revolves around the real-life character of Anna Anderson who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov. There is a sexy love story and I don't mean the characters sleeping around all the time. I mean that there is a real chemistry between the couple and really appealing dialogue. I really cared about both characters deeply.
What was most amazing was this....the mystery is about a vicious killer, but he actually falls into the background when she describes the emerging Nazi movement. Amazing job of making me question who the real monsters were in the book.
This is a very unusual book with all the characters being either Russian or German. The ending stretched believability a little, but that's a small price to pay.