This is a second book in Bernie Gunther's series. This time Bernie is recruited by Nazis to investigate murders of German girls. There is a secret plan by some fanatics in Nazi party to blame these murders on Jews and provoke hatred and animosity towards them. Of course, we know from real history Nazis were successful in creating anti-Jewish sentiments in Germany in 1930s that snowballed into unimaginable, industrial-scale slaughtering of Jewish population in early 1940s.
This novel is a the author's attempt to show remnants of humanity in Germany under Nazis. That there were some people who did not share anti-Jewish sentiments and wanted to stop the coming avalanche that would go to devour Jews and eventually German people and its identity.
Bernie is one of them. He uncovers the plot against Jews but he is too late to save them.
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