I have read The Man in the Bunker and what a pleasure it was to read, right from the first chapter it evolved very quickly and maintained the impetus right to the end. It starts with a Cambridge History Professor Tom Wilde a former member of the OSS and Lt. Moz Heck a Army Officer both who characters are completely different. They are tasked to go to Bavaria and search for Adolph Hitler who is thought to have escaped his suicide in the Bunker. The story then explores their investigation including the horrors of the Holocaust and the high command of the Nazi SS. I found it a gripping story and kept me up at night reading as I found it very difficult to put down. I cannot recommend this book enough and if you get a copy I do not think you will be disappointed

I love fictional books set during historical events, especially WW2.

This is no exception. Sympathetically written, throwing up things that I hadn’t thought about in post war Germany. Some things are shocking and hard to read but you know based in fact which makes it so much harder to read.

The two investigators work well together and you can relate to how they both feel.

I think that this book is the best of the series so far. Great plot, strong supporting cast and well delivered, as always. Thanks go to NetGalley, the publishers and the author for an e-ARC of this title to read and review.

Did Hitler really die in the Bunker or does he have everyone fooled and in hiding, just biding his time? Tom Wilde a Cambridge professor is sent to determine the truth and has to work with Heck who has his own axe to grind being a Jew and losing his family in the war.
Wonderful characters and lots of danger and adventure. Thrills throughout the book. Cannot reveal the outcome as that would ruin your read. Enjoy!

This, the sixth book in the Tom Wilde series, pairs him with Lt Mozes Heck, a Dutch Jew in the British Army searching for revenge whilst covering his grief for the loss of his family at the hands of the Nazis. As always with this author, it is incredibly well researched, written and authentic feeling. Lots of questions were asked in the post war years as to what happened to Hitler, this book explores another plausible possible answer to that question.

Wilde and Heck are such an unlikely pairing but spark off each other really well, with their own strengths and weaknesses. The supporting characters are also well rounded and believable, and it portrays the aftermath in Germany really well. The locals were desperate in all ways, starving, broken but also with a lot of anger directed towards the Allies, I enjoyed the mixture of real and fictional characters, in what is a well documented period of time. The story is fast paced, and had me hooked from the first chapter. I’m hoping there will be another in this series, as I really would like to know what happened next to the main characters. A must read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

It took me just two days to read this through I loved it so much. As with all Rory Clements books it is a great story and very fluidly written. The hero is again Tom Wilde but this time teamed up with a Dutch Jew whose family has all been murdered during the war. Their mission is to find out if Hitler is truly dead or if the fire at the Chancellery bunker was just a ruse to through people off from searching for him. I can't wait for any more instalments of Tom Wilde's adventures.

From the outset this was a riveting read. Especially reading this novel on an island known for its WW2 escape routes. I digress, surely almost everyone with an interest, questions whether Hitler actually died in that bunker pyre? I must confess to knowing little of burning bodies but I would think 200 litres of petrol would be an overkill and quite hard to obtain at that time. Maybe a little petrol and a lot of slower burning diesel would have been better? The unholy alliance of Professor Wilde and Lieutenant Mozes Heck provided for some lively angles in the plot but what really came across extremely well was was the desperate state of a defeated nation, it was almost visceral. The novel was gripping to the end and it will get a five star review from me. Just a few niggles, geraniums don't really have a scent, some have leaves which smell nice if brushed against and film projectors need electricity, something not easy to come by in an isolated location like that.

As usual in my reviews I will not rehash the plot (always plenty of reviews of that type if that's what you're looking for).

As I've enjoyed reading the previous books in the Tom Wilde series, I was delighted to be invited to read this latest novel! Although this is part of a series, I feel that there is enough background information for this to work just fine as a standalone.

Without giving anything away, I must admit to being intrigued by the premise of the novel - did Hitler really commit suicide in his bunker? It's a question I've often wondered about myself...

The whole tone of this mission felt darker than earlier stories - not surprising given the theme and locations for most of the action! It's clear from the authentic descriptions of the immediate post-war period that the author has done a lot of research. As well as familiar characters from the previous books, there is an interesting range of supporting characters from a variety of backgrounds (my favourite has to be Jerzy!). This time Tom is teamed (rather unwillingly it has to be said!) with the headstrong Mo Heck; their relationship is well described and whilst clearly difficult, seems to work.

Once again, Rory Clements has come up with a gripping spy thriller, with characters that you find yourself caring about. I stayed up late to finish this one, and cannot wait for the next book in this excellent series!

My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC. All opinions my own.

Thank you for this ARC. Is Hitler dead? An investigation is launched and Tom Wilde is the man with a little help from others. Totally absorbing and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Another great read by Rory Clements. Would thoroughly recommend.

Yet another excellent novel from Rory Clements. It is part of the Tom Wilde series, but can be read as a stand-alone.
Not everyone believes Hitler died in the bunker, and Wilde is sent to Germany to investigate. All the characters - whether good, bad, Nazi, Allies are rounded, believable.

To say more would be a spoiler. Read and enjoy.

With thanks to NetGalley and Bonnier Zaffre for an ARC.

This is a well-researched novel about a confused and yet pivotal period in European history.
It involves several characters from the author’s previous novel “Hitler’s Secret” but isn’t exactly a sequel because there is no reference to that story, even though it could have been relevant.

In the immediate post-war period there are shortages and hardship in a Britain struggling to return to peaceful progress but still not perceiving that the defeat of Hitler might have left Stalin poised for further advance in a westerly direction. In Germany and Austria there is still chaos and effective anarchy, in that soldiers of the allied powers trying to impose “rule by laws rather than fear” are able to act arbitrarily and even murder as they please. One of the “good” characters is determined to use an investigation into Hitler’s real fate and current whereabouts as a sort of one-man witness extermination programme. More than one of his superiors threatens him with retribution for this, but the threats, for one reason or another are all empty. Life is very cheap in occupied Germany and Austria. Life in liberated France is governed by an unhappy mixture of self-righteous retribution and hypocrisy: the corrosive aftermath of NAZI conquest.

The OSS and MI6 decide to send professor Tom Wilde, from the previous novel, to Berlin, Nuremberg and Bavaria to find out what really happened to Hitler in his bunker and Wilde is encouraged and skilfully manipulated by a senior Russian SMERSH officer. For most of the novel the only real evidence that something might have happened other than the official narrative of Hitler’s suicide in the bunker, consists of lethal action against anyone asking questions. SMERSH, of course, “firmly believe” that Western intelligence agencies have Hitler in secure and comfortable custody and are planning to use him for their own wicked purposes. There is a twist in the tale about the outcome of the search for Hitler, but there’s also a twist in the tale about what, exactly, SMERSH wants to get out of the OSS/MI6 search for Hitler.

This is the 6th in the series featuring Cambridge University Professor Tom Wilde who worked for the USA's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. It's now late summer 1945 and Tom is approached by the head of the OSS, Allen Dulles, to discover if Adolf Hitler is still alive.
Rumours are rife that Hitler didn't commit suicide in the Führerbunker and even the Russian dictator Josef Stalin has told American President Harry Truman that he believes Hitler is still alive.
Tom is sent to Germany, accompanied by British Army Lieutenant Mozes Heck, a Dutch Jew with a visceral hatred of Nazis.
Together they travel throughout Germany and Austria, interrogating various Nazis who were close to Hitler or who were with him in his Berlin bunker in the days before the dictator's alleged suicide.
They also experience the plight of war refugees and Holocaust survivors struggling to rebuild their lives in displaced persons camps. And they find that among the millions of German soldiers and SS men held in captivity, and the country's civilian population, there are many who still believe in the Nazi creed.
As Wilde and Heck struggle to find out the truth about what really happened to Hitler, they are faced with the harsh realities of life in post war Europe. This is a gripping spy thriller which will be enjoyed by all fans of Tom Wilde's adventures.
My thanks to the publisher Bonnier Zaffre and to NetGalley for a copy of this book in return for an unbiased review.