“For decades, Brent Monahan has been writing what’s interested him while getting the attention of readers and critics alike. Fascinated by and passionate about questioning the world around him, his unique, thoughtful and, quite often, spear-tip-pointedly amusing insights find their expression in his many novels.”
Jeffrey Stundel, Publisher and Editor in Chief, Words Take Flight Books
"I write what interests me and switch from genre to genre. Life is too short to churn out stuff I don't want to write."
Brent Monahan
Escaping Berlin
In the waning days of World War II, a German soldier uses a series of stolen identities in a desperate attempt to escape to the West. His plan unravels when he’s made a detective and dropped into a murder case with personal stakes. He must decide: Will he do what’s necessary to save his life - or what’s right to save his soul.
Outstanding reviews for Escaping Berlin
FIVE STARS! “Brent Monahan's ESCAPING BERLIN is a gripping, painful story about survival, courage, shame, and hope. [It’s] one of those books that starts simple and clean, with a hero seemingly possessed of a clear goal and a defined strategy, and then draws the reader deeper and deeper into a much more complex, morally ambiguous, and dramatic web full of painful choices and heartbreaking revelations.” IndieReader
“Monahan shapes his story with a great deal of skill and considerable, low-key eloquence…A smart and unexpectedly moving wartime drama.” Kirkus Reviews
“A gripping procedural from Monahan. His eye for the telling detail and the sobering truth ensures that this crime story never diminishes the historical crimes at the heart of the novel.” Booklife
