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CI Schenke

The CI Schenke novels follow Berlin criminal inspector Horst Schenke during the Second World War. A professional detective who has avoided joining the Nazi Party, Schenke must solve ordinary crimes inside a dictatorship whose police, party and security organisations protect the powerful and turn private secrets into mortal dangers.

Reading order

Books in this series (4 books)

Blackout cover

#1 – Blackout

Simon Scarrow

Berlin, December 1939. Criminal inspector Horst Schenke investigates the murder of a young woman found during the nightly blackout. His refusal to join the Nazi Party already makes him suspect, and the discovery of another victim forces him to work among officials more concerned with reputation…

Dead of Night cover

#2 – Dead of Night

Simon Scarrow

Berlin, January 1940. An SS doctor is found dead in circumstances that senior officials want recorded as suicide, but Horst Schenke recognises evidence of a carefully staged murder. His inquiry links the doctor to the unexplained death of a child and to medical practices the state…

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#3 – A Death in Berlin

Simon Scarrow

Berlin, 1940. Gang violence and organised vice flourish behind the protection of Nazi Party members, leaving Horst Schenke unable to treat a series of shootings as ordinary criminal work. His pursuit of the gang leaders exposes the compromises of colleagues and superiors, while his secret relationship…

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#4 – Sons of the Reich

Simon Scarrow

Berlin, May 1940. While German armies advance in the west, the murder of a Hitler Youth member is placed under the personal scrutiny of Reinhard Heydrich. Horst Schenke is ordered to concentrate on a politically convenient suspect, but the evidence points towards rivalries and secrets within…