Release date: 16 January 2025
Back cover blurb: Charlotte Weber is against the Nazi regime and what it stands for, but as she attends Hamburg University, she struggles to make sense of the war she finds herself a part of. Practising her violin for the university orchestra with her friend, Greta, gets her through the days, until Greta fails to meet her one day, and Charlotte goes to her friend’s apartment to find her body inside. The police declare it a suicide, but Charlotte knows it is murder. Desperate to discover who killed her friend, but not knowing where to turn, Charlotte is approached by Nazi spies, who recruit her, believing she is Greta. Caught right in the middle of the regime’s web, Charlotte determines to use her position to subvert the regime from the inside, and find out the truth about Greta once and for all. As the war atrocities heighten, and she witnesses the brutality of the Gestapo, Charlotte begins to discover hidden truths of her closest circle of friends, all of whom have something to hide that would make them targets for the Nazis…
Charlotte Weber is a talented violinist attending Hamburg University in the midst of WW2. The University is a safe haven away from the world that she now struggles to make sense of.
But is it really as safe as she thinks it is?
Charlotte is somewhat sheltered from the war, her boyfriend Kurt's wealthy family own a factory, so he is protected .. for now, and she herself has her studies, although the Nazi's are always trying to change the curriculum.
But Charlotte is suddenly thrust into the reality of War with no real warning.
After the sudden death of a close friend, she is approached by a Wehrmacht officer asking for her help. He makes it sound like she has a choice, but Charlotte knows that she doesn't. In order to keep herself, her family and friends safe she must do as asked.
Because Charlotte has both friends and family members with secrets that the Nazi's must not discover. So she must work with them, in order to conspire against them. She knows that her own life is in danger, but when there are so many others at stake that doesn't seem to matter.
Charlotte uses her student status, her dual nationality and her University Orchestra membership to infiltrate clubs, bars and deliver messages whilst trying to remain invisible. But no one is invisible in war time.
Can Charlotte survive long enough to save her friends, or will she bring them all crashing down?
The Violinist's Secret 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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