The Secret of Spandau
Peter Lovesey
Works of: Fiction
Originally published in 1986 using the penname Peter Lear, this is about a fictional attempt to spring Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s former deputy, from his prison cell in Spandau. Much of it was based on research by the author in East Berlin, including interviews with Eugene Bird, the US director at the prison, who knew Hess personally. The latest edition from Severn House was in 2016.
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Other books by Peter Lovesey
Showstopper
Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories
Diamond and the Eye
The Finisher
Killing with Confetti
Beau Death
Another One Goes Tonight
Down Among the Dead Men
The Stone Wife
The Tooth Tattoo
Cop to Corpse
Stagestruck
Skeleton Hill
Murder on the Short List
The Headhunters
The Secret Hangman
The Circle
The House Sitter
Diamond Dust
Dead Gorgeous
In Suspense
The Sedgemoor Strangler & Other Stories of Crime
The Reaper
The Vault
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
Upon a Dark Night
Bloodhounds
The Summons
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown & Other Stories
Bertie and the Crime of Passion
Diamond Solitaire
The Last Detective
Bertie and the Seven Bodies
Bertie and the Tinman
Rough Cider
Butchers & Other Stories of Crime
Keystone
The False Inspector Dew
Waxwork
Swing, Swing Together
A Case of Spirits
Invitation to a Dynamite Party
Mad Hatter’s Holiday
Abracadaver
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
Wobble to Death
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