Evil in High Places

By: Rory Clements

Narrated by: Adam Sims

Brought to you by Penguin.

The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the award-winning, million-copy-bestselling author.

THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL . . .

Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for the upcoming Olympic Games. As athletes fight for gold and the Nazis fight for power, Detective Sebastian Wolff faces a battle of his own.

A famous actress has disappeared and Wolff has been ordered to find her, fast. But Elena Lang is no ordinary film-star: she is the mistress of Joseph Goebbels - Hitler's right-hand-man in the party that Wolff despises.

But this is a country on the brink of war, and corruption runs deep. In a search that will take him from high society to the city's darkest corners, Wolff will soon learn just how fine the line is between justice and jeopardy...

© Rory Clements 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critic reviews

Electrifying and atmospheric. Seb Wolff is a wonderful character: tough, smart, decent.

Master of the wartime thriller

Atmospheric and gripping

Dramatic, pacy and assured . . .

Enjoyable, bloody and brutish

A colourful history lesson . . . leavened by exciting narrative twists

Beautifully done . . . alive and tremendously engrossing

A masterpiece of spies, intrigue and political shenanigans

Another great Seb Wolfe book

Rory has written another excellent book continuing his Seb Wolfe saga. Can’t wait for the next book.