Eberhard Mock is back in yet another adventure, this one involving a series of bizarre murders whose victims seem to have no connection to one another, yet which the police know have been done by the same person.

It's 1960, and Eberhard Mock is in New York City, dying of lung cancer. His old friend Herbert Anwaldt (who first appeared in Krajewski's Death in Breslau) comes to see him and Mock has a "confession" he needs to get off of his chest before he departs this earthly life. Flash back in time to 1927, to Breslau (which at the time was part of Weimar Germany). A shoemaker who has rented space in a building notices a disgusting smell, which his brother-in-law suggests might be a rotten egg behind one of the walls -- a sort of joke played by masons when they felt they were not paid properly. The shoemaker begins to knock down the wall and a body of a musician is discovered. The only clue is a page from a calendar with the date of September 12 of that year, written in blood. More bodies follow -- a follower of Hitler (who in 1927 had just made his rousing "Nuremberg Rally" speech), a Communist, a locksmith, and an historian -- each left with the calendar date of the victim's death left behind. Mock is charged with solving these crimes, and to do this, he must find what links all of these disparate victims -- a seemingly monumental task. However, he's got several things on his mind to keep him distracted from his duty, none the least of which involve his nephew and his young, beautiful and unhappy wife Sophie, as well as his own inner demons which have the power to destroy him both personally and professionally.

Once again, Krajewski takes his readers on a descent into the seamy side of Breslau's underworld,a place of hedonistic and lascivious delights designed for the higher-ups in society which would tempt even the most incorruptible of saints; where money will buy some of the most depraved pleasures the city's more adventurous entrepreneurs have to offer. Krajewski is the master of atmosphere, and creates an almost claustrophic aura that lingers throughout the novel, so much so that when you read the last page, you want to take a breath of clean air. This installment of the Eberhard Mock series gets more into the psyche of the Criminal Councillor than the first book in the series, and rather than go forward in time as is the case of most crime fiction series, this one ratchets back a few years before the action of Death in Breslau. Krajewski is also a most excellent writer -- my favorite scene that showcases his talent is one in which Mock has had to answer the queries of a private police investigator who is searching for the now-missing Sophie, and as Mock is working a crime scene, his answers to that questionnaire are juxtaposed with discoveries made at the site of this most appalling murder. The characterizations are excellent yet not stereotypical or predictable. The period detail is plentiful without being bogged down (as is the case with many period pieces) in minutia, and the pacing is perfectly executed.

Highly recommended, but probably not for everyone. There is nothing even remotely cutesy or nice about this story. It is pure seedy, steamy and hard core noir that does not let up and which gets you in its unrelenting grip, keeping you there until the last page is turned. It's claustrophobic and edgy -- in short, my kind of crime fiction. I hope Krajewski keeps writing -- I love these books. And whoever designs these covers should be given some kind of award!crime-fiction crime-fiction-poland favorite ...more10 s Rob KitchinAuthor 50 books102

The End of the World in Breslau is the second book in the Eberhard Mock series set in 1920s Breslau (present day Wroclaw). In this outing, Mock’s first marriage is ending at the same time as he’s trying to track down a serial killer obsessed with the past. At one level the tale is interesting enough as Mock tries to solve the crimes by focusing on the place it was committed rather than the crime or perpetrator. However, the story suffers from a couple of issues. The first is the thorough unpleasantness of Mock. Usually the bad cop is softened by a lighter side or the quest for redemption. Mock is embittered, vindictive and brutal: he beats and rapes his wife, he destroys careers, blackmails his boss, uses public resources as if his own, and tortures suspects. It may well be realistic, in the sense that some cops might be cut from that cloth, but it’s a brave move to have such a lead character as it’s difficult for the reader to find a point of connection. It’s not helped by every other main character in the book being almost as flawed or selfish, and every aspect of the storyline being rooted in immorality, violence and corruption. I appreciate that was probably the intention, but having no points of light in the darkness was wearing after a while. In addition, part of the problem of the storytelling is that is supposedly set out as a confession by Mock. Yet it’s told in the third person and has sections that relate specifically to his wife or colleagues that he could not know the intimate details of; he also claims to have no knowledge as to what happened to her after 1928, yet she became famous, making that unly. Moreover, the end became very messy and difficult to follow. All round, not a very satisfying read, though there was enough intrigue to keep my turning pages to find out the resolution of the murders.7 s Sandra Deaconu716 111

Aspectul care m-a interesat cel mai mult a fost atmosfera. În general, în astfel de c?r?i g?sim dou? lumi: lumea macabr? a criminalului ?i lumea oamenilor justi?iei, care încearc? s? rezolve cazurile ?i s? aduc? m?car pu?in? dreptate. Aici nu am sim?it str?duin?ele poli?iei de a face acel lucru, principalul lor obiectiv fiind de a-i face pe plac lui Mock. Singura lume în care p??im în acest roman este una decadent?, colorat? doar în negru de pariuri ilegale, droguri, prostitu?ie, r?zbunare, crime ?i alte infrac?iuni. O întreag? colec?ie obscur? ?i dezgust?toare. Atmosfera mult prea sufocant? ?i nociv?, decorul macabru ?i personajele caracterizate doar de vicii ?i moravuri sunt principalele atribute ale c?r?ii. Dac? v? plac aceste aspecte, e o carte scris? bine. Mie nu-mi plac personajele cu moralitate îndoielnic?, astfel c? nu a fost chiar genul meu, întrucât nu am reu?it s? m? ag?? de nimic pentru a savura lectura, dar ar ie?i un film noir bun, dac? ar fi ecranizat?. https://bit.ly/3biJuY3.

,,Mock nu mai v?zuse pân? atunci un om sfârtecat. Nu-?i d?duse seama c? mu?chii gâtului strâng ferm din trei direc?ii tubul rigid ?i segmentat al laringelui, c? în articula?ii exist? un lichid g?lbui vâscos, c? osul t?iat cu fier?str?ul eman? o duhoare îngrozitoare. Nu mai v?zuse pân? atunci degete t?iate ?i l?sate s? pluteasc? într-un lighean plin cu sânge, nici o cutie toracic? c?scat? larg, nici carnea gambelor din care fusese smuls? tibia. Nu mai v?zuse nici genunchi zdrobi?i - într-unul dintre ei era înfipt? o dalt? de o?el.''
4 s Kerstin733 18

Der 2. Band der Eberhard Mock-Reihe ist zeitlich 7 Jahre vor dem 1. Band angesiedelt. Trotzdem sollte man chronologisch nach Erscheinungsdatum lesen, da es noch eine Rahmenhandlung, spielend im Jahr 1960, gibt, in der man mit einem Charakter, den man schon aus Teil 1 kennt, konfrontiert wird.
Im Breslau des Jahres 1927 bekommt es Mock mit einem Mörder zu tun, der an seinen Tatorten abgerissene Kalenderblätter hinterlässt. Auch in seinem Privatleben geht es zur Sache: Seine junge Frau Sophie lässt er beschatten, da er den Verdacht hat, dass sie ihm fremdgeht. Mock ist kein sympathischer Charakter, ganz im Gegenteil. Er hat ein Alkoholproblem, schlägt seine Frau und Schlimmeres und foltert auch mal Verdächtige.
Trotzdem halte ich die Reihe für unbedingt lesenswert, da Marek Krajewski hier ein für mich glaubwürdiges Sittenbild abgeliefert hat. Detail- und bildreich schildert er diesen Sündenpfuhl aus Drogenmissbrauch, Prostitution, Korruption, aber auch Armut der Bevölkerung. Auch wenn es schwer ist, für einen Charakter dieses Buches Sympathien zu hegen, bleibt es für mich eine außergewöhnliche Reihe, die leider viel zu wenig beachtet und nie komplett ins Deutsche übersetzt wurde. Daher freue ich mich auf die noch verbleibenden 3 Bände.3 s MJ74 31

Pierwsza ofiara przykuta do ?ciany i ?ywcem zamurowana, druga po?wiartowana, trzecia..., kolejna... , a przy ka?dej - kartka z kalendarza. Sprawa, jak nic, dla Eberharda Mocka, tylko ?e pan radca ma inne problemy na g?owie.

Jest zima 1927 roku, a od "sprawy czterech marynarzy" ("Widma w mie?cie Breslau") up?yn??o 8 lat i sporo si? zmieni?o. Mock doczeka? si? upragnionego przeniesienia do wydzia?u kryminalnego i awansowa? na wiceszefa tego? wydzia?u (do?? niezwyk?e okoliczno?ci owego awansu opisa? Krajewski w "D?umie w Breslau"). Zajmuje teraz przestronny gabinet i ma w?asnego sekretarza. Mieszka w eleganckim pi?ciopokojowym apartamencie wraz ze s?u??c? i lokajem a, przede wszystkim, z m?odsz? o dwadzie?cia lat ?on?. Sophie Mock pochodzi z arystokratycznej rodziny i ma takie? maniery, fantazje i wymagania. ??da absolutnej wy??czno?ci na osob? swojego m??a po godzinach jego pracy, a ?e Mock nie jest typem uleg?ego domatora, oboje nakr?caj? spiral? wzajemnych oskar?e? i odwetów, co nieuchronnie prowadzi do dramatu i to nie jednego. Jest jeszcze inna osoba, nosz?ca nazwisko Mock, która sp?dza sen z powiek komisarza - jego bratanek, wra?liwy m?odzieniec sk?ócony z ojcem, ucieka z domu i l?duje w wysoce nieciekawym towarzystwie.

Dopiero nagromadzenie nieszcz??? otrze?wia komisarza na tyle, ?e decyduje si? zaanga?owa? w ?ledztwo. Kartki z kalendarza wskazuj?, ?e morderca u?mierca wed?ug klucza czasowego. Ale co oznaczaj? te konkretne daty? Mo?e miejsce zbrodni te? jest wa?ne? A ofiary - s? przypadkowe czy starannie wybrane? To ju? ka?dy musi sobie sam przeczyta?, ale mog? zdradzi?, ?e tym razem poszukiwanie mordercy odbywa si? w nieco inny sposób. Nie ma ?a?enia po knajpach czy burdelach ani brutalnych przes?ucha? rozmaitych kanalii i dziwek. Tym razem ?ledztwo sprowadza si? do szperania w archiwach i przesiadywania godzinami w czytelniach, a najwi?cej informacji zdradzaj? nie ludzie lecz rewersy biblioteczne. Oczywi?cie, znajomo?? ?aciny te? okazuje si? niezb?dna.

Przyznaj?, ?e sposób narracji Krajewskiego nieodmiennie mnie zachwyca. Pisze on niby wci?? o tym samym, a za ka?dym razem dodaje nowe smaczki. W "Ko?cu ?wiata w Breslau" zaprasza czytelnika do ?wiata hazardu: do pokrytych zielonym suknem stolików do ruletki, krupierów prowadz?cych gr? wy??cznie w j?zyku francuskim i wyelegantowanych bywalców kasyn, do ?wiata wielkich pieni?dzy, po?yczek, weksli oraz bolesnych upadków fortun i graczy. Ju? w "D?umie w Breslau" autor opisywa? tajne stowarzyszenia, a tutaj mamy niebezpieczn? sekt? i jej nawiedzonego guru wieszcz?cego koniec ?wiata i nadej?cie nowego wybawiciela, który wzniesie sw? karz?c? d?o? ponad Wroc?awiem.

Czytelnicy przyzwyczajeni do krymina?ów w stylu Agathy Christie mog? jednak poczu? si? troch? zawiedzeni. Krajewski niewiele wyja?nia, nie umieszcza na ko?cu ksi??ki charakterystycznego monologu wyja?niaj?cego sposób i motywy post?powania zbrodniarza i ?ledczego. Czytelnik musi sam sobie par? spraw dopowiedzie?, domy?li? si? motywacji bohaterów czy dok?adnego przebiegu zdarze?. Po prostu autor ofiarowuje nam nie tylko zagadk? pt. Kto zabi??, lecz intelektualn? rozrywk? w formie rewelacyjnej powie?ci kryminalnej.

Chyba jasne, ?e polecam? ;)crime-stories my-books2 s Mirek.Olech25

Almost everything is disappointing me about that book, but the ending is the worst. The nearer to the ending, the worse it gets. There's no satisfaction of solved crime, and the motives of criminals are poorly explained. Also, over half of the book is filled with the protagonist's miserable family life, which is not very entertaining to say the least. Fortunately this is probably the worst book by Marek Krajewski, and there are lots of others that are splendid.1 Jill Meyer1,173 117

How can you tell good guys from the bad guys in 1920's Breslau? You really can't, if you're going by the life and work of detective Eberhard Mock, of the Breslau police department. Mock, the "hero" of Polish novelist Marek Krajewski's third noir police procedural, is not exactly the kind of cop you'd want investigating murders in the murkier depths of Breslau society because he is ly involved personally in all sorts of nefarious schemes. "Wife-beater", "prostitute-habitue","hard drinker" and "brawler" may be some of the kinder words to describe Mock. But Mock has climbed the ranks of the Breslau police force despite, or maybe because of, his character flaws.

"End of the World" is a very dark novel about the crimes a society will accept and what they won't accept. Oh, the houses of prostitution are frequented in Breslau; everyone from moralistic city councilmen down to students use, and abuse, the girls working in them. Drugs - cocaine and heroin- are widely available and used by all classes. And so-called "deviant sexual practices - between both willing - and unwilling - participants are practiced by those in even the highest society. But the line is evidently drawn at murder. After two bodies are found murdered in particularly heinous fashion, Eberhard Mock is called in to investigate the killings. Mock is also having marital trouble with his young and beautiful and promiscuous wife, Sophie, as well as family problems with his nephew, and is in generally bad shape from a functioning standpoint. The plot, told over a two month period in 1927, actually begins and ends in a hospital in New York City in 1960 where Mock is dying from cancer. He has fetched an old friend to confide/confess before his imminent death.

This is a book with not many "positive" characters. Who does a reader "root" for when all the book's characters range from unsympathetic to REALLY unsympathetic? Does a reader have have positive characters in order to enjoy a book? Most readers who enjoy noir mysteries know in advance the darkness of both the characters they're going to meet in the plots they're going to read. "The End of the World in Breslau" is a difficult book to recommend to the average mystery reader - let alone the average reader of fiction. If you've read and enjoyed Marek Krajewski's previous "Eberhard Mock" mysteries, you should enjoy this one. For everyone else - be aware of the darkness inside.1 Justyna3 1 follower

Ponura, a do tego seksistowska, brednia. Ksi??ka zapowiada si? z pocz?tku dobrze, intryga kryminalna zaciekawia a ?ycie rodzinne protagonisty wst?pnie pozwala si? przej??. Niestety im dalej, tym gorzej. Intryga nie rozwija si?, tylko rozpe?za w ró?nych kierunkach bez ?adu i sk?adu. Ostatecznie autor serwuje nam kompletnie niewiarygodne motywy zbrodni, zbrodniarzy, którzy s? nam kompletnie oboj?tni oraz pozbawion? sensu puent?. Nie lepiej jest z dramatem rodzinnym, poniewa? szybko staje si? jasne, ?e jego bohaterowie (?ona, bratanek) s? ca?kowicie jednowymiarowi i nawet sam protagonista jako? przestaje si? interesowa? ich losem.

Doceniam prac? w?o?on? w odtworzenie historii przedwojennego Wroc?awia, ale w trakcie czytania zrodzi?o si? we mnie podejrzenie, ?e ograniczy?a si? ona do topografii i jad?ospisów, poniewa? wiele innych elementów historii wydaje si? anachronicznych (np. powo?anie "zespo?u badawczego"). Wbrew pozorom historia nie ma bogatego t?a obyczajów przedwojennego Wroc?awia, nie widzimy bowiem dos?ownie nic poza seksem na sprzeda? w ró?nych miejscach i klasach spo?ecznych, czasami urozmaiconym hazardem lub narkotykami. Kobiety w tej ksi??ce nie zajmuj? si? dos?ownie niczym poza seksem, czasami szczebiocz?c, u?miechaj?c si? promiennie lub p?acz?c. Mimo ?e w centrum tej historii ma by? ?ona protagonisty, jest ona postaci? w pe?ni zgodn? z powy?szym opisem, a wi?c nudn?, a w dodatku jej dzia?ania nie maj? w?a?ciwie ?adnego wp?ywu na rozwój akcji. contemporary-polish1 Kat302 26

ojojoj, s?abo, s?abiutko w porównaniu z cz??ci? 1 wypada "Koniec ?wiata...". i nie chodzi o to, ?e 99% kobiet w tej opowie?ci puszcza si? na prawo i lewo w ró?nych konfiguracjach i z coraz to wymy?lniejszymi dewiantami; nie przeszkadza mi szorstki, dosadny j?zyk, oble?ne opisy, to, ?e co drugi facet jest/by?/na pewno b?dzie alkoholikiem i/lub frustratem seksualnym. taki jest ?wiat widziany oczami Mocka. ale. no tak. na wst?pie pomy?la?am, ?e dam tej ksi??ce 4 gwiazdki i zobacz?, czy je obroni. jedn? straci?a za b??d gramatyczny i to, co Mock zrobi? w ?azience, przez co trafi? do szpitala i chodzi? w gorsecie usztywniaj?cym -> zachowanie zupe?nie nie w jego stylu, bardzo tu nie pasuje. drug? za ca?okszta?t - s?abe zako?czenie, nudne opisy, w?tek rodzinny - do?? wa?ny - ledwie li?ni?ty (bardzo s?abo rozwini?te postacie), a przede wszystkim za kr?cenie si? w kó?ko jakby tylko po to, ?eby autor móg? wcisn?? w tekst jak najwi?cej niemieckich nazw ulic/placów/miejsc.

kolejnej cz??ci dam szans?. mam nadziej?, ?e ponownie si? nie zawiod?.1 Jim CoughenourAuthor 4 books193

Here's a book that lives up to its cover. I enjoyed it as much as Death in Breslau – which is not always the case with a sequel. Curiously: the first book was set in the early 1930s; the second is set in 1927. The third in the series, The Phantoms of Breslua, is set in 1919. Are we going to end up with a perverse child detective? Wouldn't be surprised.

Krajewski's books are whacked. His star detective, Eberhard Mock, is an alcoholic bully and wife-beater – and that's just for starters. The murders are macabre and (as in the first book) the least interesting part of the book. These stories are all setting and style - Mitteleuropa at its seedy best, tawdry sex and heavy meals. Perfect for a jaded palette.

crime4connoisseurs1 Monika648 65 Read

Drugi krymina? Krajewskiego, podoba? mi si? ju? bardziej ni? pierwszy. Nie wiem, czy to kwestia mojego przyzwyczajenia si? do jego stylu, czy autora wytrenowanie warsztatu. Tym razem powtarzanie zbrodni po latach ma by? zwiastunem ko?ca ?wiata.
Mimo wszystko musz? sobie zrobi? przerw? od tego autora. 1 ?????????? ??????????Author 13 books181

?? ??????? ????? ?????????? ?????????? ?? ??? ?? ???? ?????? ??? ?? ?????????. ?????????? ???? ???????? ?? ?? ?????? ???????????, ??????????? ?? ???? ???? ???. 1 Gavrila104 8

1.5... Dobrze napisane o niedobrych rzeczach.1 Judith1,077 7

From the very first page, I disd this book. It is a short book and I read fast, so I did what I usually do: finished it. And came to have some pleasure in realizing that I loved hating it.

The action takes place in 1927 in Breslau, Germany. The city became part of Poland in 1945, after WWII, and its name was changed to Wroclaw, Poland. This story takes place during the build-up to the war but does not feature much, other than common Jew-hating (it was hard to tell if Mock takes part in this or just notices it), that indicates the rising of the National Socialists or the depressed economy of Germany.

Criminal Counsellor Eberhard Mock leads the investigation of several related murders, each marked by a page from a daily calendar. He seizes upon the theory that the dates were all-important, and the victims were not. This theory takes him into criminal files dating back many years, and ultimately to ancient books on crime, to discover crimes that are being re-created.

Fictional serial killers are always more organized than real-life serial killers. They tend to have grandiose, if nutty, thinking processes that make a kind of sense. And so it is here. The killer is consistent and sticks to the theme. I found the theory more than a little ridiculous, but of course it belongs to the author so of course it is correct, in its way.

I can live with ridiculous reasoning in fictional serial killers. It is easy enough to suspend disbelief in that area. What I live for are interesting characters and plots that are complex enough to keep me going. I can appreciate and enjoy bizarre characters, even evil ones, if they are interesting enough.

The "bizarre" in this case doesn't meet my criteria. Mock is an alcoholic who beats his wife and ridicules others. He lusts after other women and both he and others tend to see women as sexual objects, period. I think of the humor here as more crude than witty. The writing is intelligent but it does not obscure the lack of compassion.

To be fair, many have found this book worth reading and have enjoyed it. I do hope that the next reader s it more than I did. Laurel Deloria1,071 1 follower

This book gets 3.5 stars. It is dark, it is violent, it is troubling, it has sadistic murders, it has violence, it has some violent sex. But for this who prefer the deep and dark, you will probably love it.

"Krajewski has Mandell's (Who I loved and has most everything he has written) sharp eye for detail, but he has ,too, a moe sophisticated frame of reference that may intrigue fans of Umberto Edo and Boris Akumin... a Stylish, intelligent and original addition tenth cannon." by Financial Times

Amazon "The second installment in the darkly intelligent series that The Independent called “As noir as they get.”
1927, Breslau, Poland: Two elaborate and sadistic murders are discovered within days of each other. The body of an unknown musician, bound and gagged, is found behind a false wall in a shoemaker’s workshop. The victim had been sealed in alive. Elsewhere in the city, the horrifically mutilated body of a locksmith is found. Next to each victim is a torn-out calendar page, with the day of the death marked in blood. Nothing else seems to connect the cases.

It falls to Criminal Councillor Eberhard Mock to solve the case, the mystery taking him still further into the Breslau underworld he knows only too well. Meanwhile, his hard-drinking nocturnal habits soon threaten his volatile marriage, and prompt some strange behavior from his wife ... and before long, Mock and his team will be investigating not only two of the grisliest murders in the city’s history, but the councillor’s own wife."


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En realidad mis impresiones son muy parecidas a las que me produjo la primera novela: es un gran cuadro de la turbulenta época de entreguerras, sin concesiones políticamente correctas que habrían resultado anacrónicas, con un personaje principal muy poderoso, de moralidad claramente ambigua que genera más rechazo que aprecio, rodeado de demasiados personajes secundarios que, si bien contribuyen a crear ese espléndido ambiente, también hacen que la novela sea un poco confusa. Narrativamente, Krajewski aúna distintos tipos de narradores, presentando a veces escenas con un narrador objetivo, externo, que ni siquiera identifica al propio protagonista, mientras que en otras ocasiones es un narrador claramente omnisciente que se adentra en lo más oscuro de la psique de los personajes. La trama se sucede con habilidad gracias a esas generalmente breves que presentan los hechos de forma un tanto impresionista y que tanto caracterizan su obra. Sin embargo, parece que hay demasiadas casualidades entorno a la figura de Mock y sus allegados, de manera que a veces resulta un tanto inverosímil, como ocurre con el final, que -como ya ocurría con ?mier? w Breslau- acaba decepcionando un poco, desmereciendo una novela con grandes momentos.1-polonesa 2-intriga-crim-negra 3-segle-xxi ...more Tomislav Tomaševi?21

Osebujni detektiv preoptere?en osobnim problemima usput rješava slu?aj kalendarskog ubojice. Tako bih u jednoj re?enici mogao opisai ovaj krimi?, ali bilo bi to previše pojednostavljeno. Neosporno se radi o vješto napisanom romanu smještenom u Wroclaw izme?u dva rata, koji pršti zanimljivim detaljima i živopisnim opisima, ali se mene nije dovoljno dojmio. Držanje ?itatelja u neprestanom statusu toplo-hladno i naglasak na autenti?nosti mjesta radnje i vremena radnje nauštrb same radnje nisu mi se pokazali kao forte romana, ve? prije njegova slabija to?ka. Ljubitelji krimi?a nipošto ne?e biti razo?arani, dok ?e kod ostalih prevladati subjektivni dojam.
Svakako vrijedi pro?itati, a možda bi u kombinaciji s ostalim djelima o detektivu Mocku dobio i višu ocjenu. Kris McCracken1,607 39

Dark, brutal and wonderfully constructed. Krajewski has meticulously recreated a city that ceased to exist in 1946. It's a grimy affair, filled with crooks, perverts, madmen and ne'er-do-wells. Hell, our central 'hero' is so utterly flawed - a fat, slovenly glutton who knocks his missus about (and worse) and arranges an extrajudicial killing of a suspect, covering his arse with a tidy blackmail of his boss.

Yes, he's the hero!

Brilliant stuff. Oleksiy KononovAuthor 2 books11

The second book of Eberhard Mock`s adventures is a total disappointment. The author made his best to confuse the reader with numerous gloomy characters, Mock`s personal problems, and a story that is very difficult to follow, especially towards the end. I d the first book (Death in Breslau) and ordered the third one (Phantoms of Breslau) while still under the impression from the first one, my mistake, I should have finished The End of the World first... agata105 46

So, the main character is a total pig and then there is Breslau. See, I was born in this city while it was already polish and always wondered how it might have been before, before the war, before the expulsion of the german population, before those Poles expulsed from other teritories tried to make it their home. And then I moved to Germany...
Anyways, their is some nice local and historical flair - you know Nazis, Jews, Communists and some such. But other than that the main character is a pig and I really didn't want to spent more time with him. Not even in pre-WWII-Breslau.weggegeben Christina 46

The first mock book, a death in Breslau, is basically the author flexing his knowledge of the ancient world and less about the character development or plot, but the author just wants people to know that he has a ph.d in classical studies. This book we finally get a little more comfortable with the writing process ????? ??????????Author 4 books28

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Fui incapaz de empatizar con cualquiera de los personajes (incluyendo al inspector protagonista). Charles KernsAuthor 8 books12

The Mock series goes beyond noir into crime-gothic. Europe of old was good for that. Kinky aristocrats. Dinky servants. Hinky women. Creepy crimes.20th-century historical-mystery loc-europe ...more Magdalena Fijalkowska16

Nie porywajace, moze wymaga wiecej cierpliwosci na poczatku, ale chyba zrezygnuje. Bill Berger300 1 follower

Second in the excellent Breslau detective series, this one featuring Counselor
Monk and a handful of murders. Well thought out and well written. This is turning into a very good series.
Andrew54

The dark under belly of 1920s Breslau made for an enjoyable crime story, but the ending fizzled out a little Piotr Kalemba36

Gorsza od ?mier? w Breslau, bardzej chaotycznadetective-novel fun novel ...more Héctor Otero99 5

Not a bad story and set very interestingly in a very dark Breslau in the 1920s.

PS. My first book in proper German ?? Kasia134 4

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