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Hannah Vogel #3
A Game of Lies
Berlin. 1936.
In the midst of the grandeur and pageantry of the Games, Hannah Vogel poses as sports reporter while operating as a spy. When her mentor dies during the opening ceremonies, Hannah barely escapes with her life. As she searches for his killer and uncovers darker secrets than she'd ever imagined, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to her enigmatic contact. Their connection blurs the line between duty and desire, as they navigate a world growing ever darker.
Prepare to be captivated by Cantrell's immersive storytelling as she delves deep into the world of espionage, where loyalty is tested, alliances crumble, and the stakes couldn't be higher. "A Game of Lies" is a thrilling historical adventure that will leave you breathless, reminding us of the indomitable spirit of those who risked everything for love and freedom in a world on the brink.
In the midst of the grandeur and pageantry of the Games, Hannah Vogel poses as sports reporter while operating as a spy. When her mentor dies during the opening ceremonies, Hannah barely escapes with her life. As she searches for his killer and uncovers darker secrets than she'd ever imagined, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to her enigmatic contact. Their connection blurs the line between duty and desire, as they navigate a world growing ever darker.
Prepare to be captivated by Cantrell's immersive storytelling as she delves deep into the world of espionage, where loyalty is tested, alliances crumble, and the stakes couldn't be higher. "A Game of Lies" is a thrilling historical adventure that will leave you breathless, reminding us of the indomitable spirit of those who risked everything for love and freedom in a world on the brink.
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First published June 5, 2011
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About the author
Rebecca Cantrell
61 books541 followersA few years ago Rebecca Cantrell quit her job, sold her house, and moved to Hawaii to write a novel because, at seven, she decided that she would be a writer. Now she writes the award-winning Hannah Vogel mystery series set in Berlin in the 1930s. “A Trace of Smoke,” "A Night of Long Knives," "A Game of Lies," and "A City of Broken Glass." She also co-writes the Order of Sanguines series with James Rollins, starting with the upcoming book 1: "The Blood Gospel." And she writes the iMonster series as Bekka Black, including "iDrakula" and "iFrankenstein."
A faded pink triangle pasted on the wall of Dachau Concentration Camp and time in Berlin, Germany in the 1980s inspired “A Trace of Smoke.” Fluent in German, she received her high school diploma from the John F. Kennedy Schule in Berlin and studied at the Freie Universität in Berlin and the Georg August Universität in Göttingen.
When she visited Berlin in the summer of 2006, she was astounded to discover that many locations in her novel have been rebuilt and reopened in the last few years, including the gay bar El Dorado and the Mosse House publishing house.
Her short story “Coffee” will appear in the “Missing” anthology in February 2009.
Her screenplay “The Humanitarian” was a finalist at Shriekfest 2008: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival. Her screenplay “A Taste For Blood” was a finalist at the Shriekfest 2007: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival.
As of this writing, she lives in Berlin with her Ironman husband and son.
A faded pink triangle pasted on the wall of Dachau Concentration Camp and time in Berlin, Germany in the 1980s inspired “A Trace of Smoke.” Fluent in German, she received her high school diploma from the John F. Kennedy Schule in Berlin and studied at the Freie Universität in Berlin and the Georg August Universität in Göttingen.
When she visited Berlin in the summer of 2006, she was astounded to discover that many locations in her novel have been rebuilt and reopened in the last few years, including the gay bar El Dorado and the Mosse House publishing house.
Her short story “Coffee” will appear in the “Missing” anthology in February 2009.
Her screenplay “The Humanitarian” was a finalist at Shriekfest 2008: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival. Her screenplay “A Taste For Blood” was a finalist at the Shriekfest 2007: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival.
As of this writing, she lives in Berlin with her Ironman husband and son.
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January 4, 2025
A solid mystery set in Berlin during the 1936 Olympic Games. Hannah Vogel arrives from Switzerland as a journalist covering the Games but in reality she is to retrieve film from a Nazi contact for the British. That is the plan, but things don’t always go according to plan, do they?
The Hannah Vogel mysteries is the second series I’ve read by Rebecca Cantrell. The first being the series featuring Joe Tesla. Her writing is smart and her characters intelligent.
The Hannah Vogel mysteries is the second series I’ve read by Rebecca Cantrell. The first being the series featuring Joe Tesla. Her writing is smart and her characters intelligent.
June 5, 2013
I won A Game of Lies (Hannah Vogel, #3) by Rebecca Cantrell in a giveaway for free on Goodreads First/Reads, and I enjoyed it more than expected. This book had a few different elements mystery, romance, and suspense. I'm interested in catching up and continuing onto the other three books in this series. This was not a book I would normally pick up but I am glad I did. I would recommend this book as a good read it was fresh, fun, and a nice change.
February 20, 2019
featuring tabun, the precursor to sarin
wishing does not make it come true, i guess
wishing does not make it come true, i guess
October 23, 2025
well written and fun
Good story line and interesting characters. Quick read with good plot and lots of twists. I enjoyed it and think you might also.
Good story line and interesting characters. Quick read with good plot and lots of twists. I enjoyed it and think you might also.
August 11, 2016
When first we meet Hannah Vogel (in Rebecca Cantrell’s debut novel, A Trace of Smoke) she’s a criminal reporter, working in Berlin, during the dark days when the Nazis were coming to power in Germany.
Three years later, in A Night of Long Knives, Hannah returns to witness the humbling of the SA and the murder of their leader, Ernst Röhm.
And now she’s back, in the third installment of Ms. Cantrell’s outstanding series.
The book: A Game of Lies. The time: 1936. The backdrop: The most famous Olympic Games in modern history, an event in which American black athlete, Jessie Owens, disproved the Nazis absurd racial theories by winning four gold medals.
Hannah, already living for some time in Switzerland, has crept back into Berlin. She’s there under an assumed name, and under a false passport, ostensibly to report for the Swiss press, but actually to continue her work as a spy for the British.
Hannah is well-known to her colleagues in the German press, and already wanted by the Nazis for her previous activities, so the danger she’s in, this time, is greater than ever before.
And it’s exacerbated by insecurity. Lars Lang, her collaborator, is an SS officer who might well be a double agent.
The action begins with a bang, when Peter Weill, Hannah’s colleague and mentor, is murdered, at the Olympic Stadium.
And it doesn’t let-up until the very last page.
The stadium, by the way, is a place immortalized in the classic documentary Olympiad, directed by Hitler’s favorite filmmaker (also dancer and actress) Leni Riefenstahl.
You can see a sample here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apN5Vg...
As you watch it, and enter into the spirit of Ms. Cantrell’s latest book, note the nations who give the Hitlergruß, the Nazi salute, and those who don’t. It might surprise you.
Ms. Riefenstahl’s film shows us the Berlin of those days in dim, black and white.
Ms. Cantell’s words bring it back in living color – with sounds and smells attached. Her writing is that vivid.
Fans of Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther, or David Downing’s John Russell, will love Rebecca Cantrell’s Hannah Vogel. She’s right up there with the best of them.
Three years later, in A Night of Long Knives, Hannah returns to witness the humbling of the SA and the murder of their leader, Ernst Röhm.
And now she’s back, in the third installment of Ms. Cantrell’s outstanding series.
The book: A Game of Lies. The time: 1936. The backdrop: The most famous Olympic Games in modern history, an event in which American black athlete, Jessie Owens, disproved the Nazis absurd racial theories by winning four gold medals.
Hannah, already living for some time in Switzerland, has crept back into Berlin. She’s there under an assumed name, and under a false passport, ostensibly to report for the Swiss press, but actually to continue her work as a spy for the British.
Hannah is well-known to her colleagues in the German press, and already wanted by the Nazis for her previous activities, so the danger she’s in, this time, is greater than ever before.
And it’s exacerbated by insecurity. Lars Lang, her collaborator, is an SS officer who might well be a double agent.
The action begins with a bang, when Peter Weill, Hannah’s colleague and mentor, is murdered, at the Olympic Stadium.
And it doesn’t let-up until the very last page.
The stadium, by the way, is a place immortalized in the classic documentary Olympiad, directed by Hitler’s favorite filmmaker (also dancer and actress) Leni Riefenstahl.
You can see a sample here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apN5Vg...
As you watch it, and enter into the spirit of Ms. Cantrell’s latest book, note the nations who give the Hitlergruß, the Nazi salute, and those who don’t. It might surprise you.
Ms. Riefenstahl’s film shows us the Berlin of those days in dim, black and white.
Ms. Cantell’s words bring it back in living color – with sounds and smells attached. Her writing is that vivid.
Fans of Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther, or David Downing’s John Russell, will love Rebecca Cantrell’s Hannah Vogel. She’s right up there with the best of them.
January 1, 2025
Hannah Vogel, crime reporter turned anti-Nazi spy, has been living fairly peacefully in Switzerland for most of the time since we last encountered her in Night of the Long Knives. That is, when she wasn't couriering film out of Nazi Germany, where her contact is a Gestapo officer. In A Game of Lies, Hannah, in her Swiss identity as Adelheid Zinsli, is in Berlin to report on the fencing in the 1936 Olympics. She's also spending a fortnight with her Gestapo contact, Lars Lang, and their cover story is that she's his fiancee -- a story complicated by Lars's obvious attraction to Hannah and her recent breakup with long-time lover Boris. At the opening ceremonies, Hannah has arranged to meet her old friend and mentor Peter Weill. She has barely said hello and learned that Peter has a "package" he wants her to smuggle out when he drinks from his pocket flask and promptly dies. This tragedy begins a chain of events which will put Hannah once again in great danger and cause her to question many things in her life.
Added 2024: I reread this during the Paris Olympics; it's probably a sign of old age that I wasn't at all sure I had read it twelve years ago. It was a great read once again.
Cantrell's books are always well-researched but never smell of the lamp. The changes in Hannah's old friends,both Jews and "Aryans," as the Nazi regime grows ever more powerful and intrusive, are disturbing both to Hannah and the reader, and seem to give a true flavor of what life was like in 1936.
With the London Olympics coming up soon, there will probably be people wanting to read Olympics-themed mysteries. This would be a good one to add to the list. Recommended.
Added 2024: I reread this during the Paris Olympics; it's probably a sign of old age that I wasn't at all sure I had read it twelve years ago. It was a great read once again.
Cantrell's books are always well-researched but never smell of the lamp. The changes in Hannah's old friends,both Jews and "Aryans," as the Nazi regime grows ever more powerful and intrusive, are disturbing both to Hannah and the reader, and seem to give a true flavor of what life was like in 1936.
With the London Olympics coming up soon, there will probably be people wanting to read Olympics-themed mysteries. This would be a good one to add to the list. Recommended.
January 22, 2012
I really enjoyed reading the 3rd book in the Hannah Vogel series. I hope there will be a 4th.
In this book, Hannah returns to Germany after leaving to live with her significant other and adopted son out of the country. She gets herself caught up in investigating a murder of a friend and of course, gets herself into trouble and danger.
I won't say much more, as I don't want to spoil anything in the book.
I really enjoy how Rebecca Cantrell writes and can't wait for another book to be written in this series. I want to find out more of what happens to Hannah as she starts a new chapter in her life.
In this book, Hannah returns to Germany after leaving to live with her significant other and adopted son out of the country. She gets herself caught up in investigating a murder of a friend and of course, gets herself into trouble and danger.
I won't say much more, as I don't want to spoil anything in the book.
I really enjoy how Rebecca Cantrell writes and can't wait for another book to be written in this series. I want to find out more of what happens to Hannah as she starts a new chapter in her life.
August 11, 2011
Rebecca Cantrell's latest Hannah Vogel release is every bit as hard-hitting, thrilling and full of surprises as the first two books in the series. The backdrop of the 1936 Berlin Olympics provides an angst-filled tale of intrigue, and at times terror, as Hannah does her best to yet again survive her quest in Berlin.
Dialogue between these fascinating characters propel the reader on a fast-paced journey of discovery and clues that seem impossible to be resolved, but this fine writer achieves the task few can pull off.
A Game of Lies is a must add for your reading list.
Dialogue between these fascinating characters propel the reader on a fast-paced journey of discovery and clues that seem impossible to be resolved, but this fine writer achieves the task few can pull off.
A Game of Lies is a must add for your reading list.
December 8, 2014
This was a good book to read while in Berlin! Full of references to places I recognize, Friedrichstrasse, Alexanderplatz, Unter den Linden etc. Set during the Olympic games just before WWII, good story, well written.
April 9, 2016
A truly fine read ... the history (Germany 1936) is right, the atmosphere (Berlin Olympics) is right, and it's a great action adventure (fighting the Gestapo) with a touch of romance. Finished in a few days, on to the next in the series, set in the horrible time of Kristallnacht.
August 13, 2012
A pretty average criminal story set during the 1936 Olympic games in Nazi Germany. Good for a quick beach read I guess but nothing more.
September 21, 2015
I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first 2 but still a good series. It gives the reader a taste for what life was like in Germany in the 30s under the influence of the Nazi government.
February 18, 2020
She navigates through Berlin during the 1936 Summer Olympics under an assumed name, interacting with a turncoat SS officer, a mercenary dwarf, and an aging anti-Nazi journalist. But for reporter Hannah Vogel it’s just another episode in the long-running saga of her attempts to undermine Adolf Hitler’s government. Because she’s not just a reporter. Hannah also is an agent for British intelligence. And once again in A Game of Lies, the sensitivity of the information she seeks and her impulsive nature threaten to end her life.
In the previous two books in the Hannah Vogel series, the audacious Berlin crime reporter became embroiled in the disintegration of the Weimar Republic and The Night of Long Knives. On that violence-filled night, Hitler’s friend Ernst Röhm, head of the SA stormtroopers, was murdered, having fallen into disfavor. It’s now two years later, and Hitler has ordered Berlin cleansed of evidence of overt anti-Semitism and opened to the world. And, as the history books remind us, Hitler and Joseph Goebbels‘s fantasy of showcasing the superiority of the Aryan race in the Games was neatly upended by sprinter Jesse Owens and several other African-American competitors, who shone in the track and field events.
A perilous assignment to report from the 1936 Summer Olympics
Hannah has arrived in Berlin from Switzerland, where her adopted eleven-year-old son is staying with her former lover. Traveling as Adelheid Zinsli, she is ostensibly in the city to report on the fencing events at the Olympics. But every time she arrives to witness an event, she runs the risk of encountering other journalists who might recognize her. And that could be fatal, since as Hannah Vogel she is wanted by the Gestapo for kidnapping Ernst Röhm’s son. Yet how else can she maintain her cover in a city overrun with Nazi thugs? Unpredictably, the danger mounts quickly when she meets her former mentor at the Berliner Tageblatt — and he dies before her eyes within seconds of greeting her.
In the previous two books in the Hannah Vogel series, the audacious Berlin crime reporter became embroiled in the disintegration of the Weimar Republic and The Night of Long Knives. On that violence-filled night, Hitler’s friend Ernst Röhm, head of the SA stormtroopers, was murdered, having fallen into disfavor. It’s now two years later, and Hitler has ordered Berlin cleansed of evidence of overt anti-Semitism and opened to the world. And, as the history books remind us, Hitler and Joseph Goebbels‘s fantasy of showcasing the superiority of the Aryan race in the Games was neatly upended by sprinter Jesse Owens and several other African-American competitors, who shone in the track and field events.
A perilous assignment to report from the 1936 Summer Olympics
Hannah has arrived in Berlin from Switzerland, where her adopted eleven-year-old son is staying with her former lover. Traveling as Adelheid Zinsli, she is ostensibly in the city to report on the fencing events at the Olympics. But every time she arrives to witness an event, she runs the risk of encountering other journalists who might recognize her. And that could be fatal, since as Hannah Vogel she is wanted by the Gestapo for kidnapping Ernst Röhm’s son. Yet how else can she maintain her cover in a city overrun with Nazi thugs? Unpredictably, the danger mounts quickly when she meets her former mentor at the Berliner Tageblatt — and he dies before her eyes within seconds of greeting her.
September 27, 2017
When I started the first Hannah Vogel book I was at first impressed by the description of place. I had never thought of Berlin in the 30s as a place I'd like to visit for the length of a mystery novel, let alone three, but Hannah's Berlin is almost cozy. She's poor and has been poorer, but she has a sort of ironic optimism, even when awful things keep happening to her.
I must admit, I was not happy when the classic right guy who may be wrong shows up, but even with those zinging fingertips so carefully described, she still has most of her attention focused on the 5-year old who materialized on her doorstep quoting an American western narrative. Anton saves Hannah from inhabiting a romance novel, and I was greatly relieved.
And then it hit me -- this was Mary Stewart. Mary Stewart in the south of France, where the protagonist befriends a small boy. The hero of a Mary Stewart novel was a young woman who had survived some loss -- death, usually, of a spouse -- and who was venturing out to see some place she'd always wanted to go -- Avignon, Delphi, the Isle of Skye. And Stewart's readers got to go along for the ride. Yes, there was always a guy for that walk into the sunset, but the hero did some of the saving of the day herself.
Hannah Vogel is smarter than any of the one-off heros from Stewart's books, but the sense of place and the sense of a woman testing the limits of herself in new situations is very close.
I must admit, I was not happy when the classic right guy who may be wrong shows up, but even with those zinging fingertips so carefully described, she still has most of her attention focused on the 5-year old who materialized on her doorstep quoting an American western narrative. Anton saves Hannah from inhabiting a romance novel, and I was greatly relieved.
And then it hit me -- this was Mary Stewart. Mary Stewart in the south of France, where the protagonist befriends a small boy. The hero of a Mary Stewart novel was a young woman who had survived some loss -- death, usually, of a spouse -- and who was venturing out to see some place she'd always wanted to go -- Avignon, Delphi, the Isle of Skye. And Stewart's readers got to go along for the ride. Yes, there was always a guy for that walk into the sunset, but the hero did some of the saving of the day herself.
Hannah Vogel is smarter than any of the one-off heros from Stewart's books, but the sense of place and the sense of a woman testing the limits of herself in new situations is very close.
August 15, 2020
A Game of Lies, by Rebecca Cantrell’s: This is another of Cantrell’s Hannah Vogel mystery series set in 1930s Germany. I love the series. The author’s research is impressive, and she blends fact and fiction into a great series. She captures the deceit, rivalries, and power of the Nazis as they take control of Germany and threaten anyone who opposes them – including their own. Yet, these are very character-driven books as the main character Hannah is vulnerable, courageous in her fear, clever, endearing, and threatened. I love her. The books combine mystery, a fast pace, and suspense and bring the reader right into 1930s Germany with fine details and convincing descriptions. In A Game of Lies, she becomes separated from her adopted son (whose father might be the powerful – and real – Nazi, Ernst Röhm) and fights to gain him back. Of all the books dealing with this time period and setting, Cantrell’s books are my favorite.
October 26, 2019
I read the Hannah Vogel books #1, #2, and now #3 back-to-back because I got so engrossed in the story and the characters and wondered "what next" for the heroine who has the courage to do what she can in opposition to the Nazis in Germany. Her decision to collaborate with a Nazi officer who swears he needs her to smuggle out proof of Nazi evils is one she questions as she has learned no one can be trusted. On top of it all, he seems to be in love with her - but is he or is that all part of manipulating her? I love that all of the people Hannah interacts with leave you guessing - especially in this one. This book opens with the Olympic games as a backdrop but - unlike the earlier two books - I did not learn as much about the history of the times as in the previous books. Still - I am so captivated by Hannah and the people with whom she interacts that I am getting book 4 today.
July 18, 2024
A very intense story
A Game of Lies is a very involved and intense story taking place during World War II in Germany. It captured my attention and kept me reading. I had not read the two previous volumes, so some of the content wasn't as familiar as it could have been, but the author filled in many of those areas I was not familiar with.
There is violence and some limited sexual content. Overall, it is a story of a female journalist covering the Olympics in Germany, at the same time involved in spying and reporting on certain activities for the British government. Trust becomes a major issue, as well as the loss of associates at the hands of the Nazis. It is hard to imagine going through what Hannah Vogel experienced, but she was just one of many fighting the Nazis.
A Game of Lies is a very involved and intense story taking place during World War II in Germany. It captured my attention and kept me reading. I had not read the two previous volumes, so some of the content wasn't as familiar as it could have been, but the author filled in many of those areas I was not familiar with.
There is violence and some limited sexual content. Overall, it is a story of a female journalist covering the Olympics in Germany, at the same time involved in spying and reporting on certain activities for the British government. Trust becomes a major issue, as well as the loss of associates at the hands of the Nazis. It is hard to imagine going through what Hannah Vogel experienced, but she was just one of many fighting the Nazis.
October 4, 2017
Really enjoyed this installment of the Hannah Vogel mysteries. It seems like it might be the end of the road for this character. I’m sorry to see her go but I can understand why Rebecca Cantrell would end here. The backdrop of this story was the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. They gave the story its setting but they didn’t dominate. Hannah is on a mission to get more information about the Nazis out of Germany to the British and along the way she’s determined to find answers about the murders of friends, come t terms with her feelings about the men in her life and decide who she is and wants to. This was a really good read. I may be trying out some of her other characters.
June 19, 2018
Hannah Vogel is back in Germany as a reporter for her Swiss paper, reporting on the Olympic games of 1936. Lars Lang portrays himself as her fiancé. Hannah is using her Swiss name but is avoiding the press box so as not to meet any old press colleagues. Germany is a different place than it was even two years before. Hannah is glad Anton is safe in Switzerland with Boris. But when the real Peter Weill dies right in front of her A Game of Lies commences. The unlikely pair have to stay ahead of the Nazis. Did not wish to put it down. Could be read as a stand alone but much better to read in order.
July 17, 2024
A good read you will enjoy it
If you're a history buff , you might enjoy this How true it is in history. I do not know the story is centered in Berlin 1936 Olympics.
The information on the Olympics is probably accurate the rest of it is just the writer's imagination. It centered around a newspaper woman who acts the courier to get information out of Germany before World War 2. I hope you.
Enjoy it I didn't like the ending. Which is why I don't wanna get 4 stars. I felt it didn't finish the story. But it still something to I can't leave you hanging a little bit even though there's no equal
If you're a history buff , you might enjoy this How true it is in history. I do not know the story is centered in Berlin 1936 Olympics.
The information on the Olympics is probably accurate the rest of it is just the writer's imagination. It centered around a newspaper woman who acts the courier to get information out of Germany before World War 2. I hope you.
Enjoy it I didn't like the ending. Which is why I don't wanna get 4 stars. I felt it didn't finish the story. But it still something to I can't leave you hanging a little bit even though there's no equal
December 21, 2017
Want to take a trip back to Nazi Germany? Here's your ticket.
It was so well written, its extremely obvious that there is painstaking detail paid. Simply fascinating.
The book was so "alive" that I felt it to be non-fiction - and it did border on that.
Just an all around excellent read, fascinating story / mystery with characters leaping off the pages, with an amazing amount of background study done by the author.
I have read her Tesla series and most of the Sanguine series, but THIS story completely excelled and exceeded ANYTHING I expected.
HIGHLY recommended.
It was so well written, its extremely obvious that there is painstaking detail paid. Simply fascinating.
The book was so "alive" that I felt it to be non-fiction - and it did border on that.
Just an all around excellent read, fascinating story / mystery with characters leaping off the pages, with an amazing amount of background study done by the author.
I have read her Tesla series and most of the Sanguine series, but THIS story completely excelled and exceeded ANYTHING I expected.
HIGHLY recommended.
July 24, 2024
Decent read but no real ending.
Maybe it's just me but when I read 300+ pages, I want a true ending about the characters' lives. I hate it when relationships, storylines are just left up in the air & a clever phrase is supposed to satisfy the reader. I even read a sampling of next book to see if storyline & characters continue but it doesn't appear so.
Just as well as I hate when a whole series of books must be read to get final conclusions to the plot lines. Story was really stretched out so very disappointing that there wasn't a satisfying ending.
Maybe it's just me but when I read 300+ pages, I want a true ending about the characters' lives. I hate it when relationships, storylines are just left up in the air & a clever phrase is supposed to satisfy the reader. I even read a sampling of next book to see if storyline & characters continue but it doesn't appear so.
Just as well as I hate when a whole series of books must be read to get final conclusions to the plot lines. Story was really stretched out so very disappointing that there wasn't a satisfying ending.
March 2, 2018
Once in a Times Square theater I watched a horror movie. The heroine, all alone, crept up the stairs to face a closed door. "DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR, BITCH!" shouted an audience member. Of course she opened it, and bloody mayhem ensued. We all laughed when the same voice said, smugly and loudly, "I TOLD you not to open that door!" My movie experience sums up the Hannah Vogel series, a heroine who repeatedly puts herself in front of that closed door, opens it, and then all hell breaks loose.
August 31, 2024
Exciting but annoying
This is the only book of the series that I've read. A number of times, through much of the book, I wanted to throw it growling and stop reading due to one factor alone. Hannah Vogel. Her character is overly stupid and stubborn. To the extreme. So much so that I can't read any others in this series. Other than her character, the story line is good and very exciting.
This is the only book of the series that I've read. A number of times, through much of the book, I wanted to throw it growling and stop reading due to one factor alone. Hannah Vogel. Her character is overly stupid and stubborn. To the extreme. So much so that I can't read any others in this series. Other than her character, the story line is good and very exciting.
September 11, 2022
This book is the third in the Hannah Vogel series. It is set in Berlin, 1936 at the time of the Olympics. Hannah is an undercover journalist who walks a very thin line. Many of her contacts die or disappear. Some of her best friends have crossed over to the Nazi ideology. The descriptions are very good. I recommend you read the first two books prior to this one.
July 14, 2024
A WWII story set during the Olympics. The main character had several aliases (which got confusing). It also seemed every man she worked with fell in love with her. She was constantly remembering her son and old boy friend in Switzerland. It was kinda all over the place with her hook ups for reporting the games and her espionage work. She couldn’t trust anyone, but then she sort of did.
July 14, 2024
Tremors of War
Intriguing, suspenseful plot centering on Hannah Vogel pseudomously in 1936 Germany during the Olympic games. Spying for England, she finds barriers at every turn but pursues the secretsvof whether Germany is developing a bio-chemical weapon that violated all international rules of warfare. Great insight on the SS fearful and often deadly tactics. Excellent book!
Intriguing, suspenseful plot centering on Hannah Vogel pseudomously in 1936 Germany during the Olympic games. Spying for England, she finds barriers at every turn but pursues the secretsvof whether Germany is developing a bio-chemical weapon that violated all international rules of warfare. Great insight on the SS fearful and often deadly tactics. Excellent book!
July 21, 2024
Game of Lies book 3
I thought the story slow to start. In fact I thought of not finishing, which I hate to do. But I'm glad I continued. The twists and turns were great. The ending was not how I thought it would be. The end was awesome, however, leaves you wanting to know what happens next. Did Hannah finally get to her son? Did she end up with Lars? And what happens to Boris.
I thought the story slow to start. In fact I thought of not finishing, which I hate to do. But I'm glad I continued. The twists and turns were great. The ending was not how I thought it would be. The end was awesome, however, leaves you wanting to know what happens next. Did Hannah finally get to her son? Did she end up with Lars? And what happens to Boris.
January 13, 2021
Not as good, but very intriguing. Hannah's growth was immense in this. Seeing her circle change as the regime altered daily life was obviously influential to her choices.
I will look into her next storyline!
I will look into her next storyline!
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