A Reckoning in Berlin

Two Cities Form The Background For The Story Line - The Divided Spy-Infested Berlin Of The 1950S And Its Tragic Consequences In The Reunited But Far From Pacified Berlin Of The 1990S. In 1999 Manfred Is A Cabaret Performer And Member Of A Militant Terrorist Group With An Obsessive Mission To Avenge His Family?s Downfall. His Determined And Multiple Efforts To Killmembers Of An American Intelligence Unit He Holds Responsible For His Family?s Tragic Fate Drive The Plot. Three Members Of That Unit Now Find Themselves Back In Berlin With Their Former American Espionage Activities Having Had A Contrasting Effect On Each Of Their Lives. One Is Agentle Retired Holocaust Survivor Who Painfully Regrets His Indirect Part In Manfred?s Father?s Ruin. A Second One A Cowardly Sensuous Coward Has No Remorse Regarding His Past Activities And Only Wishes To Continue Undisturbed His Libidinous Berlin Life. The Third The Former Commander Of The Intelligence Unit Has Long Lived A Quiet Life In Suburban New York Before Being Rudely Plunged Back Into His Espionage Past. All Three Are Manfred?s Targets. In Quick Succession Two Of Them Die Under Mysterious Circumstances And The Third Is The Imminent Target Of An Assassination Plot. But Is Manfred Responsible? The Mystery Unfolds Against The Backdrop Of A Reunited Berlin With Its Dangerous Underworld And Erotic Nightlife. Investigations By The German Police The Berlin Press And Theamerican Authorities Reveal A Linkage Between A Rash Of Current Attacks On Americans And Outdated Cold War Resentments. A Clever And Scheming Young Bar Girl An Aging Madam With Terrorism Contacts A Bewildered Police Commissioner A Tenacious Investigative Reporter Ananxious German Spouse Of A Former Intelligence Officer And The Commander Of A Militant Terrorist Group Round Out The Cast Of Characters.