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Smoke in Berlin (Hugo Fischer, Book 2)
By (Author) Oriana Ramunno
Translated by Antony Shugaar
Book 2
HarperCollins Publishers
Hemlock Press
28th January 2026
25th September 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Second World War fiction
Espionage and spy thriller
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Historical fiction
Political / legal thriller
Historical adventure fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Hardback
384
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 27mm
270g
A beautiful, atmospheric detective story set in Berlin during The Second World War.Orianna Ramunno's Hugo Fischer series is full of tension, drama and, ultimately, hope.
A DETECTIVE WITH A SECRET
Berlin, June 1944. Hugo Fischer is forced to work for the Nazi secret service, but he carries dangerous secrets he must conceal. Gioele is not his son, but a Jewish boy he rescued during an investigation at Auschwitz.
A FATEFUL SERIES OF CRIMES
The murder of a prominent Nazi couple. The suicide of a Reich journalist. An alleged accident that killed fifteen Hitler Youth children.
As Fischer investigates, he begins to suspect the deaths in Berlin are intertwined.
A CITY FIGHTING BACK
But when suspicion starts to fall Fischers way, he finds himself walking a knife edge. To be found part of the conspiracy means death. Yet how can he betray those who stand up for what is right
Praise for Oriana Ramunno
A novel that moves beyond the crime genre to which it appears initially to belong The Times
There is no doubting the power of the story and the righteous anger of its telling Shots magazine
ORIANA RAMUNNO (Melfi, 1980) lives in Berlin with her husband and three kids. Following a number of awarded crime novellas and short stories in various magazines, she pursued the writing of her debut thriller Ashes in the Snow inspired by the story of her grandfather, who was detained in the Flossenburg concentration camp. She dedicated this book to him, a book she describes as "the last act of love in a long journey".