Coda to the VIENNESE MYSTERIES
January 12, 2025 by Scene of the Crime
This one was a tough one to put in writing. It places a particular finish to my Viennese Mysteries collection. The unique collection stopped after e book six. I had initially deliberate it for one more three to 4 installments. However different initiatives got here up, different publishers. Lastly, throughout Covid, I sat right down to lastly write this one, a capstone set three a long time later. However you are able to do the maths. I nonetheless procrastinated with publication. I beloved writing that collection and am saying goodbye reluctantly. I’m not going to lie: tears had been shed through the writing and modifying of this novel. Will probably be popping out in February–I’ll announce the date right here. However I believed former followers and curious readers may need to try the duvet artwork. Following is a quick synopsis.
A historic what-if and searing romance set within the waning days of the interwar interval
Lilacs out of the Lifeless Land, a coda to the critically acclaimed VIENNESE MYSTERIES collection, is a stirring historic thriller set in Austria shortly after the German annexation, or Anschluss, of March 1938.
Artwork historian Frieda von Werthen, with ties to the resistance, and her childhood buddy, Franz Hruda, now a disaffected inspector within the Vienna legal police, Kripo, turn into unlikely conspirators and lovers in a life-or-death mission.
Their purpose: to ship Case Inexperienced, a secret Nazi plan for the approaching German invasion of Czechoslovakia, to the French and British. In doing so, they hope to place a cease to the Western coverage of appeasement and name Hitler’s bluff earlier than the world stumbles as soon as once more into conflict.
This mission is intently tracked by an formidable officer of the SS safety providers and his troubled fixer, Falke, each of whom will do something to get better this secret plan.
Lilacs out of the Lifeless Land is without delay an thrilling recreation of cat and mouse, a love story, an ode to a misplaced world, and an inspiring story of human devotion and sacrifice.
