The dark edge of night / Mark Pryor.
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TextPublisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: 344 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250825049; 9781250900555Other title: Dark edge of night : a Henri Lefort mysterySubject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction | Police -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Scientists -- Fiction | Burglary -- Fiction | France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Historical fiction. | War fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction) | Novels. DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3616.R976 | D37 2023Summary: "Winter 1940: Police Inspector Henri Lefort's wishes for a quiet holiday season are dashed when the Gestapo orders him to investigate the disappearance of Dr. Viktor Brandt, a neurologist involved in a secret project at one of Paris's hospitals. Being forced onto a missing persons case for the enemy doesn't deter Henri from conducting his real job. A Frenchman has been beaten to death in what appears to be a botched burglary, and catching a killer is more important than locating a wayward scientist. But when Henri learns that the victim's brother is a doctor who worked at the same hospital as the missing German, his investigation takes a disturbing turn. Uncovering a relationship between the two men-one that would not be tolerated by the Third Reich-Henri must tread carefully. And when he discovers that Dr. Brandt's experimental work is connected to groups of children being taken from orphanages, Henri risks bringing the wrath of both the SS and the Gestapo upon himself and everyone he loves."-- Provided by publisher.
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"Winter 1940: Police Inspector Henri Lefort's wishes for a quiet holiday season are dashed when the Gestapo orders him to investigate the disappearance of Dr. Viktor Brandt, a neurologist involved in a secret project at one of Paris's hospitals. Being forced onto a missing persons case for the enemy doesn't deter Henri from conducting his real job. A Frenchman has been beaten to death in what appears to be a botched burglary, and catching a killer is more important than locating a wayward scientist. But when Henri learns that the victim's brother is a doctor who worked at the same hospital as the missing German, his investigation takes a disturbing turn. Uncovering a relationship between the two men-one that would not be tolerated by the Third Reich-Henri must tread carefully. And when he discovers that Dr. Brandt's experimental work is connected to groups of children being taken from orphanages, Henri risks bringing the wrath of both the SS and the Gestapo upon himself and everyone he loves."-- Provided by publisher.
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