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A few years ago Rebecca Cantrell quit her job, sold her house, and moved to Hawaii to write a novel because, at seven, she decided that she would be a writer. Now she writes the award-winning Hannah Vogel mystery series set in Berlin in the 1930s. “A Trace of Smoke,” "A Night of Long Knives," "A Game of Lies," and "A City of Broken Glass." She also co-writes the Order of Sanguines series with James Rollins, starting with the upcoming book 1: "The Blood Gospel." And she writes the iMonster series as Bekka Black, including "iDrakula" and "iFrankenstein."

A faded pink triangle pasted on the wall of Dachau Concentration Camp and time in Berlin, Germany in the 1980s inspired “A Trace of Smoke.” Fluent in German, she received her high school diplo...more

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A City of Broken Glass up for the Bruce Alexander award!

“A City of Broken Glass” is nominated for the Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery Award. The winner will be chosen at the Left Coast Crime Conference in Colorado Springs in March 2013. I’ve honored to be among such an illustrious group of writers and books: Rhys Bowen, The Twelve Clues of Christmas; Dennis Lehane, Live by [...]

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	A Trace of Smoke (Hannah Vogel, #1) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Night of Long Knives (Hannah Vogel, #2) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Game of Lies (Hannah Vogel, #3) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A City of Broken Glass (Hannah Vogel, #4) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of Screams (The Order of the Sanguines, #0.5) by James Rollins (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Cantrell (Goodreads Author) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood Gospel (The Order of the Sanguines, #1) by James Rollins (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Cantrell (Goodreads Author) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 2,488 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing by Barbra Annino (Goodreads Author), Regan Black (Goodreads Author), Luisa Buehler 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Thrills: Volume 3 by Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author), Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author) 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Story: Twenty-One Writers On How They Plot by Timothy Hallinan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brett Battles (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Cara Black (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors by Lee Child (Editor), Steve Berry (Goodreads Author) (Afterword), Ken Bruen 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Rebecca liked Natascha's review of A Trace of Smoke (Hannah Vogel, #1): " I liked the pace of this book. I didn't really expect Hannah's solution to the loss of Anton, but I definitely felt the loss of Boris. My brain understands the ending, but my heart does not. "
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Rebecca liked Ken's review of A Trace of Smoke (Hannah Vogel, #1): " Good intro to 1930's Berlin and the rise of NAZI's in Germany.The first quarter of the book takes thte reader through the Dark side of the Berlin gay community at the time and might be a put off for some but it is essential to the story as it move... " Read more of this review »
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Rebecca liked Liz B's review of A Trace of Smoke (Hannah Vogel, #1): " This is a mystery with romantic elements set in 1930s Germany, just as the Nazis are rising to power. Hannah is a journalist, and she has discovered that her younger brother, a transvestite active in Berlin's gay scene, has been murdered. I loved t... " Read more of this review »
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