April 1945 Inspector Pekkala is in a race against time as he heads to Berlin to capture the plans for a secret weapon that could change the course of the war. Excellently plotted and paced with a lively cast real and fictional. The London Times (Book of the Month) Berlin Red is the seveneth and final novel in this gripping series of literary thrillers ( Booklist ) by Sam Eastland the nom de plume of acclaimed novelist and memoirist Paul Watkins. The previous Inspector Pekkala suspense novels published by Opus were Red Icon and The Beast in the Red Forest .