A Night of Long Knives (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Hannah Vogel: Crime reporter, Anton's mother
• Anton Vogel: Hannah Vogel's son
• Emilie Röhm: Ernst Röhm's mother
• Boris Krause: Hannah Vogel's lover
• Sefton Delmer: British journalist
• Lars Lang: SS Hauptsturmführer who is keeping a tap on Hannah Vogel
• Frau Inge: Boris Krause's housekeeper
• Manfred Brandt: Mouse's real name
• Adolf Hitler: Der Führer, Leader of the National Socialist Party
• Gregor Gerber: Mouse's partner
• Ernst Röhm: Head of SA (Sturm Abteilung), close friend of Adolf Hitler
• Wilhelm Lehmann: SS officer who helped Hannah and Anton to escape from Ernst Röhm three years ago
• Bettina Waldheim: Hannah Vogel's childhood friend
• Agnes: One of Hannah Vogel's best informers
• Adelheid Zinsli: Hannah Vogel's Swiss identity
• Claire: Mouse's wife
• Manny: Claire's son
• Fritz Waldheim: Bettina's husband
• Peter Weill: Hannah Vogel's alias at the Berliner Tageblatt when she was a reporter there three years ago
• Frau Doppelganger: SS Officer
• Trudi: Boris Krause's daughter
• Heinrich Himmler: Reichsführer-SS
• Hans Frank: Minister of Justice for Bavaria and Hitler's personal lawyer
• Jannings: The other storm trooper with Mouse
• Mouse: One of the storm troopers who brought Hannah and Anton to Ernst Röhm
• Bella Fromm: Society reporter for the Ullstein papers
• Dieter: The waiter at the Graf Zeppelin
• Captain Schmelling: Captain of the Graf Zeppelin
• Jack Ford: Agnes' boss
• Senora Santana: Senor Santana's wife
• Senor Santana: Coffee producer, accompanying Hannah and Anton in Graf Zeppelin
• Ulrich Herzog: Hannah Vogel journalist friend who used to work for Munich Post
• Theodor Eicke: One of key figures in the establishment of concentration camps in Nazi Germany

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• Berlin
• Munich
• Stadelheim
• Sing-sing
• Lichterfelde
• London
• Britz Mill
• El Dorado
• Friedrichshafen
• Hanselbauer
• Adlon Hotel
• Prinz Albrechtstrasse

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Preceded by A Trace of Smoke, and followed by A Game of Lies.

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1. Rebecca Cantrell (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Left Coast Crime Awards (Finalist, 2011: Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award)

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• Library of Congress: PS3603.A599 N54
• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths