Black and white photo of a woman with a long blonde bob smirking while sitting in front of a desk and a microphone, while all around her there are male photographers pointing their cameras
Controversial West Berlin architect and entrepreneur Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach makes a quick appearance in #NightingaleandCo amid the many ongoing building projects in 1960s Berlin
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'It might be hard to believe, but actually 30% of private detectives in 1960s Germany were women, partly because it was far easier for women to infiltrate private households or businesses without being too conspicuous' #CharlottePrintz #NightingaleandCo crimefictionlover.com/2025/01/inte...
#NightingaleandCo takes place in 1961 but the Berlin Airlift plays a crucial part nevertheless. Watch this short video about it
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and then read the first in cosy historical crime series by German author Charlotte Printz
Wonderfully constructed plotting, the narrative is richly drawn out, it was a read which drew me in and then held me, you have to follow the twists and turns within the book
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Willy Brandt during his tenure as mayor of Berlin, in front of the Brandenburg Gate
Poster for the film One, Two, Three directed by Billy Wilder, featuring Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver and James Cagney in front of the Brandenburg Gate
The cover of Constanze magazine for women dating from autumn 1960
A bottle of transparent liquid with a blue-green label saying Berliner Luft in Gothic script, a peppermint liquor typical of Berlin
What do the pictures below have in common? They all refer to Berlin in 1960/61 and are featured in the very first chapter of #NightingaleandCo
New on Crime Time: @marinasofia.bsky.social talks about the challenges of translating historical slang and Berlin dialect for #NightingaleandCo
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Hear all about the unusual inspiration behind the title and story of #NightingaleandCo from the author herself
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Over on IG, a wonderful review by @murderjowrote of #NightingaleandCo 😍
'This novel creates a real sense of place, and I felt that the characters grew and felt more real because of it... highly entertaining from start to finish'
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The first of two fantastic reviews today of #NightingaleandCo - a historical cosy set in the spy city of Berlin. Huge thanks to @easthullpete.bsky.social for this thoughtful review
Two mismatched half-sisters are unexpectedly thrown together by the building of the Berlin Wall. #NightingaleAndCo by Charlotte Printz translated by @marinasofia.bsky.social published by @corylusbooks.bsky.social tour @ewashe.bsky.social #BookSky
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Great review of #NightingaleandCo 😍
'Alongside political themes this book also does a good job at delineating the personalities in this story, women living at a time of enormous change, which some of them welcome and others shun'
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First review of #NightingaleandCo by @annabookbel.bsky.social: 'the narrative is character-driven and good fun... having two cases to crack, one major, one minor, gives useful changes of pace and scenery'
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Aerial view of Brandenburg Gate after August 1961, with a wall in front of it
Brandenburg Gate before the Wall was built, with a road sign and some armoured vehicles guarding the passage for pedestrians
Imagine going to bed with the Brandenburg Gate still open, albeit heavily guarded and with roadsigns saying you were leaving the West, then waking up to find a Wall... This is exactly what happens in #NightingaleandCo, available to preorder now at all book retailers
Black and white photo of soldiers with a German shepherd building a wall
Soldiers standing on a brick wall and continuing to build it (black and white historical photo)
One night in August 1961 a wall was hastily built between East and West Berlin. Our forthcoming crime novel #NightingaleandCo captures that moment and the havoc it caused in many German lives and families. Pre-order now
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