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Judges' comments: Bernard Gunther, ex-Berlin cop, now house detective in the first-class Hotel Adlon as Nazi power becomes unstoppable, grapples with murder, corruption and the politics involved with Berlin's 1936 hosting of the Olympic Games. Nearly twenty years later ... Betrayal results on all sides. This complex and well-written book offers a fascinating insight into a little-explored area of the conduct of war. Publisher: John Murray Laura Wilson AN EMPTY DEATH ...