Blood Enemy
The shattering World War 2 historical crime thriller set during the Warsaw Uprising
Will be published approx. on 14. January 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-80436-621-9 (ISBN)
Description
As the Warsaw Uprising draws near, the city's residents must decide whether to fight or flee. Some things are more important than justice...
June 1944. When a Wehrmacht war crimes investigator and his escort are killed in an ambush, it looks like an opportunistic act of resistance by the Armia Krajowa, but Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo has his doubts.
Fortunately, with the Red Army just a few hundred kilometres away, Kalisz's boss, Hauptsturmfuhrer Hoth finds his faith in the Fuhrer waning, and lets his Polish detective investigate.
The hunt for the real killers takes Kalisz first to a battered Berlin and then within reach of the Russian guns, but the answer lies with a key witness who's now in a concentration camp. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kalisz is reacquainted with an old acquaintance, Doctor Josef Mengele.
By the time Kalisz escapes Mengele's clutches and returns to Warsaw, the city is a powder keg on the brink of exploding. After five years of reluctant collaboration, is it finally time for Jan Kalisz to show his true allegiance?
The shattering final instalment in the Warsaw Quartet, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Chris Lloyd.
June 1944. When a Wehrmacht war crimes investigator and his escort are killed in an ambush, it looks like an opportunistic act of resistance by the Armia Krajowa, but Jan Kalisz of the Warsaw Kripo has his doubts.
Fortunately, with the Red Army just a few hundred kilometres away, Kalisz's boss, Hauptsturmfuhrer Hoth finds his faith in the Fuhrer waning, and lets his Polish detective investigate.
The hunt for the real killers takes Kalisz first to a battered Berlin and then within reach of the Russian guns, but the answer lies with a key witness who's now in a concentration camp. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kalisz is reacquainted with an old acquaintance, Doctor Josef Mengele.
By the time Kalisz escapes Mengele's clutches and returns to Warsaw, the city is a powder keg on the brink of exploding. After five years of reluctant collaboration, is it finally time for Jan Kalisz to show his true allegiance?
The shattering final instalment in the Warsaw Quartet, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Chris Lloyd.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80436-621-9 (9781804366219)
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Douglas Jackson is the author of twenty historical novels and mystery thrillers, including the critically acclaimed nine-book Hero of Rome series. He was born in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders and now lives in Stirling. Originally a journalist by profession he rose to become Assistant Editor of the Scotsman before leaving to be a full-time writer in 2009.