The Man From Berlin, McCallin - B

                                               This is the first novel in a series that has three so far. It's very similar to Phillip Kerr's books in that it is also focused on a Kripo detective in field gray, working his way through WW2.  This book does a much better job setting the scene and exploring the military issues and the cultural clashes in an occupied country. The setting is Sarajevo, where the Nazis share duties with the Croatian Ustase, an organization capable of making the SS look like boy scouts. The author is extraordinarily well-informed and this is a classic historical novel filled with edifying detail. The principal, Gregor Reinhardt, is a WWI combat veteran estranged from a Hitler Youth son who has apparently been lost at Stalingrad. This is an all around excellent effort. But, like so many others, it is simply too long. I do not think there's enough here to merit 433 pages.