Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Teaser Tuesday, September 7

So the rules are you pick two sentences at random from your current read. I'm confessing right now that these two sentences are not picked at random. I just liked them a lot. They are, however, from my current read and they are two sentences, so I'm just skirting the law a little bit, which seems appropriate for the anti-hero noir mystery that I am reading: If the Dead Rise Not by Philip Kerr.

If the Dead Rise Not (Bernie Gunther)Though I've read many a mystery set during the period of Hitler's Germany, I've never read one set inside Hitler's Germany from a German perspective. Here's the teaser:

As one of the house detectives at the Adlon, I was expected to keep thugs and murderers out of the hotel. But that could be difficult when the thugs and murderers were Nazi Party officials.

Oh, it's very satisfying!

Last week on Teaser Tuesday: I had a quote from Red Sky at Morning. I hope to do a book review, but it may have to wait a day or two. Short review: what a terrific book. Stay tuned.

6 comments:

Bev Hankins said...

Very interesting teaser and premise for the story!

Here's mine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2010/09/teaser-tuesdays.html

Tales of Whimsy said...

Yowzers. That's a great teaser!


Thanks for visiting my TT :)

Carrie at In the Hammock Blog said...

uh oh, that definitely sounds bad!

Here's my teaser!!

Gilion at Rose City Reader said...

Great teaser and it sounds like a very interesting book. I love the cover.

I have a two-fer teaser on Rose City Reader today. From two completely different books.

Jennifer said...

What an interesting book and wonderful teaser. My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/09/teaser-tuesdays-what-alice-knew-a-most-curious-tale-of-henry-james-and-jack-the-ripper.html

Natasha said...

Great teaser! This book sounds interesting!

Here's mine:
http://bookmarkyourthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/09/teaser-tuesday-10.html