"The tone of Liar Moon has a flu-like grimness, appropriate the 1943 setting. Pastor is excellent at providing details (silk stockings, movie magazines, cigarettes) that light up the setting."Booklist
"Lumen's plot is well crafted, her prose shap . . . a disturbing mix of detection and reflection."Publisher's Weekly
Rome, 1944. While the Allies are fighting their way up the Italian peninsula, Rome lives the last days of Nazi occupation. Their world is falling apart as the German Army, the Gestapo, and the SS...
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"The tone of Liar Moon has a flu-like grimness, appropriate the 1943 setting. Pastor is excellent ...
"Pastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection.""Publishers Weekly"
"A mystery, it rivets the reader until the end and beyond, with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully reproduces the grim canvas of war. A character study, it captures the thoughts and actions of real people, not stereotypes.""TheFree Lance-Star"
Part wartime political intrigue, detective story, psychological thriller, and religious mystery, Ben Pastor's debut follows a German army captain and a Chicago priest as they investigate the...
"Pastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection.""Publishers Weekly"
Pastor s plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection. "Publishers Weekly"
"Rivets the reader with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully reproduces the grim canvas of war. A character study, it captures the thoughts and actions of real people, not stereotypes. "The Free Lance-Star"
And don t miss "Lumen" by Ben Pastor. . . . An interesting, original, and melancholy tale. "Literary Review"
Italy, September 1943. The Italian government switches sides and declares war on...
Praise for Ben Pastor's "Lumen"
Pastor s plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection. "Publishers...
FOURTH IN THE MARTIN BORA SERIES. SPELLBINDING MULTI-LAYERED CRIME NOVEL SET IN UKRAINE AS THE GERMANS REGROUP AFTER THE DISASTER OF STALINGRAD. FOR FANS OF PHILLIP KERR (BERNIE GUNTHER SERIES), ALAN FURST (SPIES OF THE BALKANS). THE HERO, MAJOR MARTIN BORA, IS AN ARISTOCRATIC GERMAN OFFICER OF THE ILK OF CLAUS VON STAUFFENBERG, TORN BETWEEN HIS DUTY AS AN OFFICER AND HIS INTEGRITY AS A HUMAN BEING. Ukraine, 1943. Having barely escaped the inferno of Stalingrad, Major Martin Bora is serving on the Russian front as a German counterintelligence officer. Weariness,...
FOURTH IN THE MARTIN BORA SERIES. SPELLBINDING MULTI-LAYERED CRIME NOVEL SET IN UKRAINE AS THE GERMANS REGROUP AFTER THE DISASTER OF STALINGRAD. <...
Spain, summer 1937, the civil war rages. A Wehrmacht officer assigned to Franco's Spanish Foreign Legion investigates the murder of the poet Frederico Garcia Lorca, as does his opponent, an American member of the International Brigades.
Spain, summer 1937, the civil war rages. A Wehrmacht officer assigned to Franco's Spanish Foreign Legion investigates the murder of the poet Frederico...
