A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr
It's 1943. The war on the Eastern front is not going well for Germany. Bernie Gunther (ex-cop, now military man) is sent to Smolensk to handle a major propaganda campaign for the German government, which is trying to rehabilitate its image with the rest of the world. Bernie loves Germany but hates the Nazis, so he is perhaps not the ideal person to send on this mission.
Bernie's task is to prove that the Russians massacred thousands of Polish officers--without mentioning the mass graves in the vicinity that the Germans were responsible for. In the process, he also ends up investigating the murder of two German soldiers, almost getting hanged for a crime he didn't commit and falling for a woman doctor with a murky past. The subject matter is very dark so I can't say this book was entertaining. But it was an engrossing story.
Bernie's task is to prove that the Russians massacred thousands of Polish officers--without mentioning the mass graves in the vicinity that the Germans were responsible for. In the process, he also ends up investigating the murder of two German soldiers, almost getting hanged for a crime he didn't commit and falling for a woman doctor with a murky past. The subject matter is very dark so I can't say this book was entertaining. But it was an engrossing story.
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