World War Ii Mystery Thriller

En dansk politimand, en engelsk bombenavigatør, en 12-årig tysk pige og en tysk og russisk soldat bliver uløseligt bundet sammen af 2. Verdenskrigs uforudsigelige væsen. Ingen af dem er herre over deres egen skæbne, som dikteres af tilfældigheder. Astrid og hendes lillesøster Marta har intet at gøre midt i en krig. Alligevel bliver de to piger nødt til at flygte gennem Tyskland for at komme hen til deres bedsteforældre i Koblenz. Turen gennem et krigshærget land er farefuld for to små piger, og de har kun hinanden at stole på.

It is March 1938. A print worker petitions Holmes about the disappearance of a fellow worker at the Daily Mail. Holmes investigates, and after interviews with the newspaper’s proprietor, Viscount Rothermere, and with Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German ambassador, it becomes clear the missing print worker has died fulfilling a commission for the German ambassador, although it is not clear what the commission is.

It is May 1940. The British army has been routed and is awaiting its evacuation. Winston Churchill asks Holmes to stand by to provide advice on what steps to take in the face of the anticipated aerial onslaught of the Luftwaffe on British airfields. As German attacks mount, Holmes offers unpalatable advice which Churchill accepts for want of an alternative. As German attacks switch from the airfields to production facilities, Holmes provides additional detective advice on a most unexpected matter.