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Nazi Crime Fiction Booklist

 

Page Modified: June 1, 2007

 


 

A list of books, many of which received at least one starred review (indicating a work of unusual merit) from the following review sources: Booklist (BL), Publisher's Weekly (PW), Kirkus, and Library Journal (LJ). Additional titles of interest may be included on this list. Titles are alphabetically by author.

Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.


  • Eye of the Abyss
    Author: Browne, Marshall
    Publisher: Minotaur $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312311567 Date: 2003
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    The author of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-nominated mystery, The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders, now delivers an atmospheric and powerful thriller set during the rise of the Nazi party.
    Suggested Reading: All Stars | World War Stars | Historical Crime Fiction Stars | Financial Thrillers
    Updated 9.22.03

  • Double Cross Blind
    Author: Ross, Joel
    Publisher: Doubleday $ 24.95 ISBN: 0385513887 Date: 2005
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    In this electrifying debut, Ross combines political insights with the high stakes and fast pace of classic espionage fiction, as he delivers a spellbinding novel that follows an American agent's attempts to stop a Nazi spy just days before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
    Suggested Reading: Debuts | Espionage Stars | Historical Crime Fiction
    Updated 6.9.05


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