** This is taken from the back of the book, and from the inside cover, which contains comments about "Death in Berlin". My review follows. **
Miranda Brand is a beautiful model visiting Germany for what is supposed to be a month's holiday. But then a story about a fortune in lost diamonds -- a story in which Miranda herself figures in a remarkable way -- transforms the holiday atmosphere into something more sinister.
A handsome intelligence agent and the shadows from her past throw Miranda into a turbulent whirl of emotions. And when murder strikes on the night train to Berlin, she fins herself unwillingly involved in a complex chain of events that place her life in deadly peril.
M. M. Kaye, one of the finest storytellers of our time, has written a consummate mystery, rich in romance and intrigue.
SOME REVIEWS FOR DEATH IN BERLIN:
'Well-paced . . . Appealing . . . A sustained atmosphere of menace.'
~The New York Times Book Review
'Genuinely suspenseful . . . Kaye neatly evokes postwar Berlin in the early 1950s, using that ruined city as an imaginative backdrop.'
~Publishers Weekly
'Absorbing . . . There are a lot of mysteries surrounding World War II. Stories of vast treasures, betrayal, and murder abound. Post-World War II Berliners had their share of such stores. M. M. Kaye picked Berlin in 1953 for such a story.'
~Arizona Daily Star
'Refreshing . . . Intricate."
~Knoxville News-Sentinel
'Another consummate mystery from one of the finest story tellers of our time.'
~Mystery News
'Every bit as good as Agatha Christie.'
~San Ramon (CA) Valley Herald
My Review
What would be worse than being the one to discover that the person in the next berth in a train had been murdered? Being suspect number one!! Miranda Brand has the questionable honor of being the one with blood on her hands -- but not just once!The characters are wonderful, and this book is 275 pages -- just a nice read, but not as involved as Trade Wind, Shadow of the Moon, or The Far Pavilions. A nice, spooky book for a not-so-nice, spooky, rainy night.
These mysteries all have a pattern. You can certainly tell the same woman wrote them. There is always a beautiful heroine, and a man out to get her, and another one that she doesn't trust who she falls in love with. But what's wrong with that? It is thrilling, and I remember vividly reading one of these at night (it wasn't Death in Berlin, but close) and pulling the covers over my head as I did so, because I was scared. The woman in the book was in danger, and I felt that way myself. Read it at night -- it's thrilling, though not so much that it will give you nightmares. You'll enjoy it!!!
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