SCHREIBER’S SECRET BY ROGER RADFORD
What an absolute treat this book was! A very powerful mystery thriller which starts in a Nazi transit camp Theresienstadt, situated near Prague.
A young man, Herschel Soferman, arrives tired and hungry and not knowing what to expect. He is immediately befriended by Oskar Springer, who helps him acclimatise to the dreadful conditions. However, nothing can prepare him for the brutality and horrific things to come when sent to the Small Fortress and he comes up against SS officer Hans Schreiber. This man is evil personified. We are all aware nowadays of the horrors of concentration camps but not so much attention was placed on special transit camps for European Jews such as Theresienstadt. The author skilfully rectifies this with clarity that grips the reader who at some early points can’t wait to turn the pages but is a little afraid of what will be there!
Things have a new direction for Herschel Soferman when Hans Schreiber decides to make him his favourite. I will leave any more on this point for the reader to discover for themselves.
The action then switches to London. Danielle Green, Chief Feature Writer with the Mail on Sunday has managed to get an interview with Henry Sonntag, a very rich man who survived the Holocaust and decides to tell his story.
Then a murder is committed, a Jewish cab driver. Crime reporter Mark Edwards,who works for the London Evening Standard, and is dating Danielle, is assigned to the case.
There then follows another murder, also of a Jew. Both murders have similarities making Mark and Danielle decide to investigate together. Eventually, a link is found to the past.
There are many twists and turns in this tale, red herrings abound and it is full of action. Feel your heart in your mouth as you wonder if Mark will be okay. Will Danielle be safe? This book is so full of tension that you just can’t wait to see what will happen next. Having visited Jerusalem and been taken to the Wall and the Yad Vashem by a Jewish friend, I could identify with the feelings of the reporters.
The culmination comes in a trial at the Old Bailey, which is rivetting. Is the right person in the dock or has everyone got it all wrong? Who is the real culprit? The reader is caught and held from beginning to end and even then finds a twist in the tale!
It is a real experience to read this wonderful book. I loved every word. It is also very thought provoking. Storytelling at its best. It certainly deserves five stars.
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What a great book!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 30 dicembre 2013
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Amazing, traumatic story with great twists
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