Smoke in Berlin

By: Oriana Ramunno, Antony Shugaar - translator

Narrated by: Adam Price

A beautiful, atmospheric detective story set in Berlin during The Second World War. Oriana Ramunno's Hugo Fischer series is full of tension, drama and, ultimately, hope.

A DETECTIVE WITH A SECRET

Berlin, June 1944. Hugo Fischer is forced to work for the Nazi secret service, but he carries dangerous secrets he must conceal. Gioele is not his son, but a Jewish boy he rescued during an investigation at Auschwitz.

A FATEFUL SERIES OF CRIMES

The murder of a prominent Nazi couple. The suicide of a Reich journalist. An alleged accident that killed fifteen Hitler Youth children.

As Fischer investigates, he begins to suspect the deaths in Berlin are intertwined.

A CITY FIGHTING BACK

But when suspicion starts to fall Fischer’s way, he finds himself walking a knife edge. To be found part of the conspiracy means death. Yet how can he betray those who stand up for what is right?

(P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

Praise for Oriana Ramunno

“A novel that moves … beyond the crime genre to which it appears initially to belong” The Times

“There is no doubting the power of the story and the righteous anger of its telling” Shots magazine