| Title | : | Baltic Approach (Reim #4) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 299 |
| Publication | : | Published June 30, 2020 |
Lieutenant Reim has the job of bringing in the West German. The trail leads north to a seaside hotel populated by spies and winter holiday makers.
But is the man Reim tracks down the one he was sent to find?
Baltic Approach (Reim #4) Reviews
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Four down and one to go!
I really enjoy these Reim series books. Max Hertzberg really understands the time, the location and most importantly the characters about which he writes.
Lieutenant Reim is an unlikely character in the grim structure of the East German ministry of State Security - the dreaded Stasi! He is a bit of a non-conformist in a rules-bound organisation.
While this is the fourth book in the Reim series it’s the second book in the Bruno trilogy.
This book will keep your attention from first page to the last page. Without giving away any spoilers, it’s hard to see where the third “Bruno” book goes; but I can’t wait to find out.
Highly recommended.
Regards,
Peter -
Though, Baltic Approach is the fourth iteration of 2nd Lieutenant Hans-Peter Reim's toils for the intelligence network of the GDR, for me it was the first read. I intend to read the earlier novels. Max Hertzberg's writing is solidly engrossing, clear, and takes one into the complexities of East German security and police bureaucracy of the early 80's without being didactic.
Reim is far from sentimental but has suffered sufficient emotional pain to lead him to insomnia and drink. His professional drive is more a result of a personal loss, the death of a female colleague, Code Name Sanderling, and the need to exact justice for her perceived killer, 1st Lieutenant Gerhard Sachae. Some of his actions are enabled and some are precluded by KGB Major Dmitri Alexandrovich Pozdniakov who holds a marionette-like influence over Reim.
