From a Dark Horizon

Informationen zum Autor Luke McCallin ’s experiences working for the United Nations as a humanitarian relief worker and peacekeeper in the Caucasus, the Sahel and the Balkans have driven his writing, in which he explores what happens to normal people—those stricken by conflict, by disaster—put under abnormal pressures. His experiences also inspired a historical mystery series with an unlikely protagonist: Gregor Reinhardt, German intelligence officer and former Berlin detective chased out of the police by the Nazis.   The Man From Berlin  and  The Pale House  were both set in Sarajevo during WWII. The Divided City followed Reinhardt's return home to Allied occupation, and a serial killer loose in the rubble. Klappentext In the waning days of World War I, a horrific crime behind the lines sends Lieutenant Gregor Reinhardt on a search for a killer in this electrifying thriller from the author of  The Man from Berlin . It's the final days of the Great War and four years of grinding conflict has warped more than one man's mind. When a secret meeting of top brass is called, someone sets off a bomb that kills all the attendees. It looks for sure that one of the men in Gregor Reinhardt's company is the culprit. But since that man killed himself, the General is looking for someone else to share the blame. Reinhardt must prove his trooper innocent if he hopes to avoid the fate of a co-conspirator. The search for answers leads Reinhardt deep into a potential conspiracy populated by mutinous soldiers, a mysterious Russian nobleman, and a pair of doctors who may be doing more than treating battlefield injuries. The trenches are home to any number of horrors, but what if the greatest danger is right next to you? Leseprobe 1   The Western Front, near the village of ViŽville-sur-Trey, northwest France, mid-July 1918   They came for Reinhardt as he was sleeping, the door crashing open on a confusion of men and voices that snapped him awake. A shadow loomed over him and he lunged for the Mauser atop the chest by his bed, only to have a hand clamp down painfully on his wrist.   "Lieutenant Reinhardt?" Someone shone a torch down on him.   He blinked the light from his eyes, turning his head away. A sense of wide shoulders, light glinting on the rim of a helmet. "Get that bloody light out of my face."   "Lieutenant Reinhardt?" the voice asked again, the hand pressing down harder.   Reinhardt took his other hand out from under his pillow, moving slowly, and pushed, firmly. The light flicked away, the hand lifted from his arm. Reinhardt saw a Feldgendarme-a military policeman, a sergeant, built like a beer barrel-standing over him. The policeman was blinking down at the little JŠger pistol Reinhardt had pushed into his groin. The sergeant lifted the pressure on Reinhardt's hand, and stepped back carefully.   "Apologies for waking you," said a lieutenant, stepping into view.   "Make it sound like you mean it," Reinhardt said as he shifted himself up and swung his legs out of bed, lowering the pistol and levering the safety catch down against the grip. Behind the lieutenant stood two more Feldgendarmes, and Sergeant Brauer. "What time is it?"   "Not far off three in the morning," answered the lieutenant.   "For Christ's sake, Lieutenant." Reinhardt tossed the pistol on his pillow and collapsed back onto his bed, an arm across this face. "Who are you, and what do you want?"   "Lieutenant Uwe Cranz, Feldgendarmerie. You are the commanding officer of Private Willy Sattler?"   Reinhardt hauled himself back up, paused as he began threading his arms into a shirt. "What's he done now?"   "'Now'?" Cranz repeated.   "Willy Sattler? A one-man committee to end the war . . . ?"   "Private S...

Product details

• Authors: Luke McCallin
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2023
• EAN: 9780593337684
• ISBN: 978-0-593-33768-4
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 208 mm x 29 mm
• Series: A Gregor Reinhardt Novel
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense