The Ashes of Berlin

Ashes of Berlin is shortlisted for the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger World War II is over, and former German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has returned to Berlin. He's about to find that the bloodshed has not ended - and that for some, death is better than defeat. When a man is found slain in a broken-down tenement, Reinhardt embarks on a gruesome investigation. It seems a serial killer is on the loose, and matters only escalate when it's discovered that one of the victims was the brother of a Nazi scientist. Reinhardt's search for the truth takes him across the divided city and soon embroils him in a plot involving the Western Allies and the Soviets. He soon realises that this investigation could cost him everything as he pursues a killer who believes that all wrongs must be avenged... 'An insightful and provocative page-turner...A riveting read hard to put down.'Mature Times 'A gritty thriller...Luke McCallin's third, and finest, novel...Reinhardt is a terrific creation.'The Times 'historical thrillers don't come any better than The Ashes of Berlin.'Barry Forshaw,Financial Times

Luke McCallin was born in 1972 in Oxford, grew up in Africa, went to school around the world and has worked with the United Nations as a humanitarian relief worker and peacekeeper in the Caucasus, the Sahel, and the Balkans. His experiences have driven his writing, in which he explores what happens to normal people - those stricken by conflict, by disaster - put under abnormal pressures.