Web of Secrets is the third book in the trilogy, spanning the decades from the early 1900s to shortly after WWII. The backstory of Walter and Hedy, though too hurried to me, is interesting, and we get a good look at Oskar's life before he meets his wife, Kara. He is SS with the Nazis but treats Kara and her son Karl with kindness. However, as the war reaches a crescendo, so do their lives. Deceptions and secrets abound all over the place. Kara's sister Anka and her husband Ludwig have issues of their own. In the story we see lives saved and lives wasted, genuine love and obsession, joy and tragedy, tenderness and barbarism.

My favourite aspect of the book is the twistiness, some predictable and some not. I also enjoyed learning about the psychology behind characters. The writing style is simple but effective.

Though reading the trilogy in order would be helpful, it is not critical. But of course the third book should be read last.

My sincere thank you to The Book Whisperer and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this book!

This is the third book by Roberta Kagan in her series, "Jews, the Third Reich, and a Web of Secrets".
In the first two books we meet Kara, a poor German gentile growing up in a dysfunctional home with her abusive alcoholic father, her mother and her younger sister Anka.
Kara meets Abram a jewish boy and though forbidden they fall in love and secretly marry when Kara gets pregnant. When the war escalates and even the German jews are rounded up and sent to the camps Abram and his mother are among them, leaving Kara and their young son Karl behind. A bereft Kara, having nowhere to turn goes to her sister Anka who is married to a Nazi officer. When attending a Nazi party with Anka, Karl is kidnapped from his babysitter leaving Kara bereft. Having no one to turn to she learns to trust and depend on Oskar, a friend of Anka's Nazi husband and a high ranking SS officer. As Oskar helps search for Karl he makes sure Kara comes to depend on and trust him and when he proposes marriage Karra accepts thinking Abram dead and Oskar trustworthy.
This book is the conclusion to Kara, Karl and Abram's story. It was good to get more background on Oskar and see what made him the way he is. And the conclusion was what could be hoped for. As always with this author's style of writing I was sometimes annoyed with the repetitive statements where the same facts were repeated multiple times or on the same page and chapter multiple times. For this reason I give 4 stars. There is an excellent storyline and Kara's story is very compelling, holding my interest, wanting to know the outcome. It is only the writing style, the repeating of facts and statements in a monotone way that detracts from the overall novel.
I would still recommend to WWII historical fiction fans who don't mind a simpler style of writing. This is a very quick read with a good, if somewhat predictable ending.
Thank you to The Book Whisperer and Net Galley for the free ARC, I am leaving my honest review in return.