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Evil in High Places
Detective Sebastian Wolff Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Rory Clements
- Narrator
- Adam Sims
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 28 August 2025
- Run Time
- 11 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Narrative theme: sense of place
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the award-winning, million-copy-bestselling author.
THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL . . .
Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for the upcoming Olympic Games. As athletes fight for gold and the Nazis fight for power, Detective Sebastian Wolff faces a battle of his own.
A famous actress has disappeared and Wolff has been ordered to find her, fast. But Elena Lang is no ordinary film-star: she is the mistress of Joseph Goebbels - Hitler's right-hand-man in the party that Wolff despises.
But this is a country on the brink of war, and corruption runs deep. In a search that will take him from high society to the city's darkest corners, Wolff will soon learn just how fine the line is between justice and jeopardy...
© Rory Clements 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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Electrifying and atmospheric. Seb Wolff is a wonderful character: tough, smart, decent.
Conn Iggulden
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Master of the wartime thriller
Financial Times
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Atmospheric and gripping
The Times on MUNICH WOLF
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Dramatic, pacy and assured . . .
Daily Mail on CORPUS
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Enjoyable, bloody and brutish
The Guardian on MARTYR
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A colourful history lesson . . . leavened by exciting narrative twists
The Sunday Telegraph on MARTYR
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Beautifully done . . . alive and tremendously engrossing
Daily Telegraph on MARTYR
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A masterpiece of spies, intrigue and political shenanigans
Sunday Express on NEMESIS
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Another great book from Rory Clements beautifully read.
Sfm 2026-08-18 -
5.0 5.0
Enjoyable second adventure with Wolff, good array of characters and a decent plot, it did run low on steam in a couple of places but overall a good story.
LazloWoodbine 2025-10-14
Details
- Author
- Rory Clements
- Narrator
- Adam Sims
- Duration
- 11 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781405977135
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Narrative theme: sense of place
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the award-winning, million-copy-bestselling author.THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL . . .Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for the upcoming Olympic Games. As athletes fight for gold and the Nazis fight for power, Detective Sebastian Wolff faces a battle of his own.A famous actress has disappeared and Wolff has been ordered to find her, fast. But Elena Lang is no ordinary film-star: she is the mistress of Joseph Goebbels - Hitler's right-hand-man in the party that Wolff despises.But this is a country on the brink of war, and corruption runs deep. In a search that will take him from high society to the city's darkest corners, Wolff will soon learn just how fine the line is between justice and jeopardy...© Rory Clements 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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