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Evil in High Places

By: Rory Clements
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the award-winning, million-copy-bestselling author.

THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL . . .

Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for the upcoming Olympic Games. As athletes fight for gold and the Nazis fight for power, Detective Sebastian Wolff faces a battle of his own.

A famous actress has disappeared and Wolff has been ordered to find her, fast. But Elena Lang is no ordinary film-star: she is the mistress of Joseph Goebbels - Hitler's right-hand-man in the party that Wolff despises.

But this is a country on the brink of war, and corruption runs deep. In a search that will take him from high society to the city's darkest corners, Wolff will soon learn just how fine the line is between justice and jeopardy...

© Rory Clements 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 20th Century Espionage Historical Historical Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War

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Critic reviews

Electrifying and atmospheric. Seb Wolff is a wonderful character: tough, smart, decent.
Master of the wartime thriller
Atmospheric and gripping
Dramatic, pacy and assured . . .
Enjoyable, bloody and brutish
A colourful history lesson . . . leavened by exciting narrative twists
Beautifully done . . . alive and tremendously engrossing
A masterpiece of spies, intrigue and political shenanigans
All stars
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an excellent story ,gripping ,twists and turns all the way through.
Adam sims narrates brilliantly as ever

excellent plot ,keeps you enthralled

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Fantastic storyline and great characters as per usual in a Rory Clements. The development of the main characters are subtle and you they are revealed more and more in each book

Great book

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Another Great story. I found it a bit of a challenge keeping up with all the different Characters at times with their similar German Names but I really enjoyed the plot and look forward to the next book !

Fantastic Listen

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Glimpse into pre war Germany through the eyes of a brilliant detective and his colleagues

Great book

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We particularly enjoyed the way the fight/chase scenes were written. This is a difficult thing to do and the author did an excellent job. He also brought reality to the horrors of Dachau. Great book which we really enjoyed.

Great writing of fight scenes

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