A Death in East Berlin

Name: A Death in East Berlin
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by Richard Wake Book 1 in the Peter Ritter Thriller series.

First published 2020

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In the weeks before the Berlin Wall is built, young detective Peter Ritter is called to a murder scene inside the Soviet War Memorial at Treptower Park. His rapid promotion owes something to political connections, but the case requires him to follow evidence through institutions that expect the police to protect the state’s version of events.

The investigation reveals a city losing thousands of residents to the West, an East German leadership divided by rivalry and a population living under Stasi surveillance. Ritter seeks the victim’s killer while deciding whether his own privileged position obliges him to accept the regime or gives him room to resist it.