The Berlin Letters is page-turning historical fiction focused on one family’s trauma as they experience the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction, complicated family drama, family secrets, suspense, Germany, Berlin Wall, Washington D.C.

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Welcome to #ThrowBackThursday where I highlight an older review or post a current review of a backlist title. This week I’m featuring a compelling and page-turning story, The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay,

I’m linking up with Davida @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog for #ThrowbackThursday.

My Summary:

In 1989, Louisa works for the CIA as a cryptographer (code breaker). In one secret cache of letters, Louisa spots a symbol she recognizes from her childhood. From additional letters and a few newspaper articles that her grandfather saved, she is suspicious that her father wrote the letters and that he might still be alive in an East German jail. In alternating chapters, we gain her father’s perspective and glimpses into the early days of the Berlin Wall and how the wall separated the family. After Louisa’s attempt to convince the CIA to intervene fails, she takes matters into her own hands and orchestrates a daring rescue.

Histfic with sides of reconciliation and suspense/thriller….

Continue here for my full review of The Berlin Letters…

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