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‘Prague Fatale’ by Philip Kerr

The challenge for Berlin detective Bernie Gunther couldn’t be more extreme: Nazi Germany, where he tries to dispense a rough justice amid so much officially sanctioned crime. In “Prague Fatale,’’ a Nazi officer suspects an assassin is plotting an attack at the country estate he has commandeered. A murder does take place ­there — not of the officer but an addled young adjunct who has confided to Gunther of his torment over executing Jews and other innocent civilians.

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