Children of Wrath

Brutal and shocking crime story with and intrigue that makes the reader scream with amazement. A great mix of true history and fiction, recreating the macro scale of nazi terror in micro scale of bestial murders. The great final is sooo good and every little piece of plot fits perfectly. Bloody, mea......more

Where I got the book: review copy provided by the Historical Novel Society. This review first appeared on the HNS website. This thriller, set in Depression-era Berlin, is the prequel to the action in The Sleepwalkers and features a younger Willi Kraus, married and father to two young boys, trying to......more

Normally I stay away from series and, although my audio book standards are much more relaxed, this one I l downloaded deliberately on the strength of the first book in the series, which was so very good. With his sophomore entry the author travels back in time to 1929/1930, so this is in fact a preq......more

author's 2nd book in this mystery 'series' of willi, a jew police detective in berlin . this book actually takes place BEFORE his 1 st book, so this is willi's big case, he 'saves' berlin from a monster mass murderer (244 victims) and let's just say, it's complicated, but set in 1929-30 berlin, nazi......more

“Children of Wrath” by Paul Grossman, published by St. Martin’s Press. Category – Mystery/Thriller Paul Grossman introduced us to Detective Willi Kraus in his first book, “The Sleepwalkers”. As with “The Sleepwalkers” the story takes place in Germany during the rise of Adolph Hitler to power. Willi is......more