The Jewish Policeman (Adam Lapid Mysteries #9 ) - Ebook
The Jewish Policeman (Adam Lapid Mysteries #9 ) - Ebook
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World War II was over. But his war was just beginning.
Germany 1945 - Former police detective Adam Lapid survived Auschwitz. Now he lives in a displaced persons camp for Holocaust survivors.
Consumed by a desire for vengeance, Adam dreams of hunting Nazis and making them pay for their crimes.
But when another crime strikes closer to home, Adam will need to set aside the role of the avenger and become a detective once more.
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I am not sure exactly what I'm reviewing? I haven't even read the book yet.
I've read all the books in the Adam Lapid series. This book went back in time to when Adam was at a DP camp after the war. I learned a lot about what life was like in that difficult time. The murder investigation was as usual intriguing. What added to the book was the side stories like the wedding Adam attended.
THE JEWISH POLICEMAN is the ninth novel in the Adam Lapid mystery series by Jonathan Dunsky. The first seven were set in Tel Aviv in the early 1950s. The eighth took place during World War II in a Nazi concentration camp. THE JEWISH POLICEMAN is another prequel. It is now 1945 and Adam is now living in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany. While it overseen by the United States, Jewish survivors have quite a bit of influence on how it operates.
Most of the residents in the DP had lost their ties to their past. Friends and family. Their homes were gone. They also had to figure out what to do to survive.
They did not have the luxury of revenge. They had to find a way to create a viable future. The previous careers were not transferable. Having done so much forced labor in concentration camps, more labor was not a high priority goal.
A former police detective, Adam now wants vengeance for the Nazis who carried out the horrific crimes. He is approached by someone who tells him the location of one of the murderers. As he goes to carry out his plan, things become quite complicated He ends up having to be detective again.
As in all of the previous books in the series, Dunsky presents a logical, thoughtful, and engrossing story with an important but rarely covered background. My only criticism is that at one point Lina, one of the characters, and Adam were sharing some hard-to-get food. He asked her where she got them. She replied, “You first.” He complied. She never did.
Definitely five stars.
This writer takes you through a suspenseful story filled with characters you love and some you hate resulting in a story you can't put down until it finishes and then you wish there was more.
This kept me up at night and I'm awaiting part two. Very well done.