Stasi Vice, Hertzberg - B

                     Lt. Reim is tasked by his superior to ascertain the whereabouts of Lutz Hofmann, the husband of Sylvie, the woman he is having an affair with. Reim very quickly learns that his boss, Maj. Frohlich, and Sylvie killed Hoffman. Further digging on Reim's part reveals that Frohlich has a very sophisticated plan to head west with Sylvie, and has already put together a paperwork trail that would pin Reim as the person who facilitated their exit. Reim is saved from the Stasi's vengeance when his estranged wife shoots Frohlich, and strolls across to West Berlin with Sylvie. The story is bit preposterous, but it is the first in a series set in East Berlin, and hey - they just don't do the Cold War as well as they used to.