Publisher: Avon
Release date: 16 January 2025
Back cover blurb: London, 1952. Seven years after the chaotic aftermath of World War II, London has is coming alive again, with jazz clubs and flickering cinema awnings lighting up the night sky. But for widowed Helen ‘Dexie’ Dexter, she’s still a woman in a man’s world. She longs to prove herself as an officer in the London Metropolitan Police, yet she’s stuck intervening in domestics and making tea for her male colleagues. Then Harri Schroder arrives, seconded from Hamburg to the Met. Haunted by the loss of his wife and child, Harri is unlike any man Dexie has ever known. Compassionate and sharp-witted, he sees her not as a threat, but as an intelligent, canny officer full of potential. And when Harri is tasked with hunting down a Nazi war criminal-turned-respected-businessman, with connections to the upper echelons of British society, it’s Dexie he turns to for help. But as their bond deepens, a deadly fog engulfs London. Dexie and Harri must expose the fugitive before he vanishes, risking everything for justice – and each other…
I love Mandy Robotham's work and this novel is no exception.
1953 and both London and Germany are still feeling the after effects of WW2. German Detective Harri Schroder has case after case piling up on his desk and no time to complete the never evening paperwork. When he is offered the chance to go to London to work on a case, it is is an opportunity he finds hard to resist.
He spent some time in Germany before the war and is not worried about others perceptions of him. He was never a member of the Nazi party, only associated with them by his work and he is a firm believer in doing the right thing.
When he arrives in London and finds out that his task is to track down and apprehend a Nazi war criminal he almost gets on the first flight back to Germany. He is unfortunate enough to have met the man, and is worried he might be recognised before he has chance to capture him.
But there is a lot politically at stake, and Harri quickly finds out that returning home is not an option, and so he must stay, make the best of a bad situation and enlist the help of someone from the Met Police. That someone is WPC Helen Dexter, or Dexie as she is known to her friends.
She and Harri meet on his first day, and he is immediately struck by her competence, no nonsense attitude and kindness lurking beneath the surface. He senses that they are similar, and feels that they will work well together. Which they do.
Until London is struck by an awful, deadly fog, which makes their job almost impossible to do, and puts their lives at stake as they stalk their prey through a city where no one can see. Will he vanish before they get the chance to apprehend him? Or can they solve the case before he disappears?
A Dangerous Game is available from 16 January 2025. You can pre-order it now via Amazon online and all good book shops.
Thank You to the publishers who approved my request via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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