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Title: More than just historical detective fiction
Review: Most of the time Berlin Noir is a fascinating well-plotted mystery set in a finely drawn 1930's Berlin. There is fascinating historical detail in the descriptions of the institutions, psychology and officials of the Third Reich and Berlin. There is plenty of tough guy banter and detective fiction similes, but sometimes, especially at the end of "The Pale Criminal," Kerr's writing transcends the genre and modern fiction as a whole to describe the aching and anxiety of the historical moment. The three stories describe the passage of a sane and decent man through the mad evil of Nazi Germany and into the post-war rubble of occupied Germany.
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