The German Heiress

Powerfully told and rich in atmosphere.

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

[A] fascinating area to look at ... a tense, noirish plot with dangers at every turn ... It's a fascinating world of ambiguity, in an area we so often think of as being black and white ...The historical details and descriptions are well-drawn ... the story moved along quickly and compellingly - yes I stayed up late to finish it.

Frost Magazine

[A] thought-provoking and meticulously researched tale of redemption that transports readers to post-war Germany.

CultureFly

Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz will be fascinated by Scott's portrayal of post-war Germany.

Woman

The German Heiress is the kind of novel we need now more than ever. Set in Germany, eighteen months after the war, reckonings of every sort are playing out and Anika Scott deftly builds a world in which all the shades of gray - Nazi collaboration and complicity among civilians - are brought to life. The German Heiress achieves what the best historical fiction can, asking us to see the past, and then pushing us to see ourselves in that past, demanding: Who would you have been then? What would you have done? Unflinching and absorbing, The German Heiress does not let you look away.

Sarah Blake, New York Times bestselling author of THE POSTMISTRESS

Meticulously researched and plotted like a noir thriller, The German Heiress tells a different story of WWII - of characters grappling with their own guilt and driven by the question of what they could have done to change the past.

Jessica Shattuck, New York Times bestselling author of THE WOMEN OF THE CASTLE

Anika Scott's epic novel offers a captivating tour through the reckoning years that followed WWII when clarifying identities, unearthing truths, and facing judgements was the only way to rebuild a life. The novel's heroine marches along the razor's edge between the leviathan of the past and a future full of mine shafts. I will never forget her unending struggle to rise above the dark lineage thrust upon her and her battle to stay connected to the deep binds of love, responsibility, and compassion.

Devin Murphy,author of THE BOAT RUNNER

Anika Scott's finely drawn characters in The German Heiress bring to life not only the struggle to rise from the ashes of war, but also the depth of resolve often required to gain redemption. Illuminating and beautifully rendered.

Susan Meissner, bestselling author of THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR

Anika Scott's riveting novel compellingly explores the nature of innocence and guilt, and the human desire for redemption. A terrific book with historical detail skillfully woven into the fabric of the story. An absolute must-read for all fans of World War II fiction!

David Gillham, New York Times bestselling author of CITY OF WOMEN and ANNELIES

What a great debut! It still haunts me, days after finishing it.

Liz Trenow, New York Times bestselling author of THE POPPY FACTORY and THE SILK WEAVER

I felt as though I was walking through the rubble of Essen and shivering in the bitter cold right alongside Clara Falkenberg. In this haunting and atmospheric novel, Anika Scott delivers a nuanced and emotional look at the often un-talked about side of WWII - the devastation of German towns and cities and the weight of conscience on those who remain. [It's] is a powerful reminder that no one gets out unscathed.

Sara Ackerman, bestselling author of The Lieutenant's Nurse

Scott's magnetic debut follows one woman's quest for survival amid the devastation of post-WWII Germany ... Fans of WWII fiction will be intrigued by Scott's exploration of how war changes the moral compass of its victims.

Publishers Weekly

[An] extraordinary novel.

Woman & Home

A powerful, profound debut by a journalist with a gift for storytelling.

Saga Magazine