Zugzwang (a short story)

This is the first book I have read by this author and it certainly will not be the last. I would certainly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of police procedural stories, especially those with a historical perspective.
The story is well constructed. For a relatively short story it contains many twists and turns. The characters are well defined. The setting of the novel in Germany at the start of the Third Reich adds to the drama.
I found myself hooked from the start and did not want to put the book down until I had finished it. I would enjoy reading more about the main characters and seeing how their lives unfold in the years that follow.

A wonderfully crafted World War 2 crime story.
Hitler just became Chancellor and the SS is in the process of gaining power.
On this background a Munich police Officer with no relation to the Nazi party is in charge of an investigation of a serial murder case. The SS is pushing and doing it's pieces to get the result they want.
That the officer just became father does not help, but one simply have to admire him and his clever family!