[Diana in Wisconsin]

“The series covers a Berlin detective pre-war, war years and post war in a dirty, dangerous Berlin.”

Have you seen any of the “Foyle’s War” BBC series? Same genre set in England. You might enjoy that. Available at your library or on Netflix. They’re in production again for another season. I just love them. :)

[Shqipo]

Foyle’s War is superb! Wish they had novelized the series. Looking forward to the finale this Sunday.

[wtc911]

Yes, we got into Foyle's War when it was on. The Berlin Noir Trilogy is really much more a Police-Detective series that happens to be set in 1933-1947 Germany. The war is a backdrop it is not causal of any of the action. That's what makes it so interesting, that and the depth of daily living detail that Kerr paints onto the page.

My one complaint is that Kerr rushed the ending of the first two. He created a thoroughly engrossing world and then crammed what should have taken fifty pages into twenty. The last of the trilogy avoids this error.

These were very early works for Kerr. After reading them I sought out all his other work...none of it approaches the quality of these...very disappointing.