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The Butchers of Berlin
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
'Powerful evocation of a city living in terror' Sunday Times Crime Club
'Ambitious, darkly atmospheric' The Times
Berlin 1943. August Schlegel lives in a world full of questions with no easy answers. Why is he being called out on a homicide case when he works in financial crimes? Why did the old Jewish soldier with an Iron Cross shoot the block warden in the eye then put a bullet through his own head? Why does Schlegel persist with the case when no one cares because the Jews are all being shipped out anyway? And why should Eiko Morgen, wearing the dreaded black uniform of the SS, turn up and say he has been assigned to work with him?
Corpses, dressed with fake money, bodies flayed beyond recognition: are these routine murders committed out of rage or is someone trying to tell them something ...
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- C. Milton
- 20-11-20
Doesn't hit the mark.
A very long winded and convoluted story, which others may well enjoy. I struggled with the overlong narrative and in places implausible characters and plot line.
This doesn't mean the book is bad it just didn't hit the mark for me.
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- Craig
- 11-08-20
Slightly beyond your imagination....
Story was okay, maybe slightly over the top... but you couldn't put it down.. (stop listening). I have now listened to almost 300 novels on Audible. This had only one error.... lol... See if you can find it, or more. I will be listening to the next instalment though😉
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- wilmacan
- 28-05-21
Very dark; complex
The storyline was both imaginative and horrific. But the book (and audiobook) were also complex and meandering - very little pace. This is a 'marmite' book. That said: the narration was first-class and I will try this author again - hoping that the next book I try, will be a bit lighter and better-paced.
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- Ash
- 09-01-21
Problems..but I , dont know where they are
basically a great 14 hour listen but as the other guys have said, its very convoluted and many characters - plots, sub-plots
I like Mr Corduner very much and enjoy his reading, I think he is an excellent actor and hugely talented. Im not sure if this is helpful or not but I felt that AC had a favourite character and that that character was not our main hero. I also felt that it was rushed, there no pauses or breaks or change of pace. It was just a relentless plot driven story and I felt that AC never knew what was coming next - and I think a narrator needs to know, or else suspense cant be built
Its a great story, vicious and incredibly visceral dirty and horrible. It is written is such detail and with even more horror in this world we are in in the novel, that bears thinking about. The Persecution is written and and narrated in brutal honesty and that I think is brilliant from Mr P and Mr C.
I am looking forward to Saskia Reeves despite the terrible customer review
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- The.Rapscallion
- 05-07-22
An enjoyable alternative crime thriller
With characters based around Nazi Germany in WW2, the intrigue and novel has some historical basis showing the grime underbelly of the period. Enjoyable nonetheless! 👍
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- johnc
- 29-03-21
Sorry - Like Wading through Treacle
I managed to get to chapter 20 before stopping this is only the second audio book I have not managed to finish. The plot never really seems to get going and the characters failed to engage, narrator is good. Each to their own but definitely not for me.
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- Janey
- 04-04-18
Hello, who are you again?
So many people. There’s only so many times you want to skip back to work out who’s who. Still a bit lost tbh. It’s not bad, but I like the basics in place.
Oh, and you know the line about “ I don’t care who dies as long as the dog lives”? Well, a variation on that. Multiple times. Glad to be vegan at times like this.
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