Dark Song of Blood

The third in the Martin Bora series. Rome, 1944, the last days of Nazi occupation. Wehrmacht officer Martin von Bora investigates three murders in a city drenched in the violence of partisan attacks followed by mass SS reprisals.

As the Allies fight their way up the Italian peninsula in early 1944, Wehrmacht officer Baron Martin von Bora is tasked with solving three murders with the assistance of Inspector Sandro Guidi.

Autorentext

Ben Pastor, born in Italy, lived for thirty years in the United States, working as a university professor in Vermont, and is now back in her home country. She is the author of other novels including The Water Thief and The Fire Waker (set in Roman times and published to high acclaim in the US by St. Martin’s Press), and is considered one of the most talented writers in the field of historical fiction. In 2008 she won the prestigious Premio Zaragoza for best historical fiction. She writes in English. 'A Dark Song of Blood' is the third in the Martin Bora Series, after the success of 'Lumen' and 'Liar Moon'.

Klappentext

3rd in a new crime series featuring Major Martin Bora, an aristocratic German officer caught between his duty as an officer and his integrity as a human being. Three murders must be solved in 1944 Rome, against a backdrop of partisan attacks and SS retaliation killings, as the Germans prepare to evacuate.