Simon Scarrow

It’s December 1939 in Berlin; a rigidly enforced blackout plunges
the city into darkness every night and allows crime to thrive.
Author Simon Scarrow’s novel Blackout follows Criminal Inspector
Horst Schenke as he’s under pressure to solve a murder.


Simon joins Richard and Judy to explain why blackouts were
imposed, how hedonistic Weimar culture was a casualty of the new
Nazi regime, and why he chose to write Schenke as a man who was
not a Nazi sympathiser. Plus, Simon explains why he feels it’s
healthy for us to challenge accepted historical narratives.


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