Welcome to the website of Sedona Author Peter Bernhardt
Welcome Reader! I'm glad you decided to check out my website and learn about the thrillers I am writing for you.
Having grown up in Stuttgart, Germany, I spent the first twenty-three years of my life writing in German. That changed when I emigrated to the United States. After learning a new language in college and law school and after a civil litigation career with the U.S. Department of Justice, I finally found the time to harness the creative juices necessary for writing fiction. I've now completed three works: The Stasi File, a spy thriller that takes place during the collapse of the East German police state after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the sequel Kiss of the Shaman's Daughter, a tense mystery/thriller that interweaves the activities of a vicious gang of smugglers in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the story of a lost treasure and a Native American family's struggles during The Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1680, and Red Romeo.
These books indulge my passion for opera. The first two feature Sylvia Mazzoni, a talented young diva with a checkered past and her erstwhile lover, Rolf Keller, a German-American lawyer with a penchant for getting into trouble. The path of Sylvia's career, as she sings increasingly challenging soprano roles in Berlin, Stuttgart, and Santa Fe provides a unique background to the exciting twists and turns typically found in adventure stories.
I love writing. These novels are developing a side of my personality I never knew, and I am having so much fun! Instead of simply writing one page after another, I find myself hanging onto my seat as the plots and characters take off in intriguing and unexpected directions.
The summer of 1977 finds divided Germany locked in a fierce espionage battle in my third novel, Red Romeo. West Germany's premier spy hunter, ambitious Sabine Maier, faces off against ruthless Stasi General, Werner Heinrich. Sabine has filled half a prison with her prodigious arrests of communist spies. Heinrich is the mastermind behind a small army of spy gigolos who prey on lonely women working in the West German government's most secret divisions. Caught in the middle is ladies' man Stefan Malik, a reluctant Romeo, forced to do the general's bidding or rot in a Stasi prison.
The German language editions of my three novels are enjoying steady sales through the German ebook retailers and on the German Amazon site.
So, again, welcome. I wish for you as much enjoyment reading these books as I experienced creating them.
Having grown up in Stuttgart, Germany, I spent the first twenty-three years of my life writing in German. That changed when I emigrated to the United States. After learning a new language in college and law school and after a civil litigation career with the U.S. Department of Justice, I finally found the time to harness the creative juices necessary for writing fiction. I've now completed three works: The Stasi File, a spy thriller that takes place during the collapse of the East German police state after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the sequel Kiss of the Shaman's Daughter, a tense mystery/thriller that interweaves the activities of a vicious gang of smugglers in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the story of a lost treasure and a Native American family's struggles during The Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1680, and Red Romeo.
These books indulge my passion for opera. The first two feature Sylvia Mazzoni, a talented young diva with a checkered past and her erstwhile lover, Rolf Keller, a German-American lawyer with a penchant for getting into trouble. The path of Sylvia's career, as she sings increasingly challenging soprano roles in Berlin, Stuttgart, and Santa Fe provides a unique background to the exciting twists and turns typically found in adventure stories.
I love writing. These novels are developing a side of my personality I never knew, and I am having so much fun! Instead of simply writing one page after another, I find myself hanging onto my seat as the plots and characters take off in intriguing and unexpected directions.
The summer of 1977 finds divided Germany locked in a fierce espionage battle in my third novel, Red Romeo. West Germany's premier spy hunter, ambitious Sabine Maier, faces off against ruthless Stasi General, Werner Heinrich. Sabine has filled half a prison with her prodigious arrests of communist spies. Heinrich is the mastermind behind a small army of spy gigolos who prey on lonely women working in the West German government's most secret divisions. Caught in the middle is ladies' man Stefan Malik, a reluctant Romeo, forced to do the general's bidding or rot in a Stasi prison.
The German language editions of my three novels are enjoying steady sales through the German ebook retailers and on the German Amazon site.
So, again, welcome. I wish for you as much enjoyment reading these books as I experienced creating them.