1. Detective Thomas Bauer pursues the truth about Geli Raubal's death even though it puts his Jewish wife and children in direct danger under a rising Nazi regime. What does his choice say about the cost of moral courage, and would you have made the same decision in his position? 

2. Share something in your own life you've pushed hard for even when it wasn't the "safe" choice. 

3. Journalist Fritz Gerlich risks everything to report the truth despite Gestapo surveillance and intimidation. What does the novel suggest about the role of a free press in the face of authoritarian power? Does that theme feel like commentary on anything happening today? 

4. The story jumps between 1931 Munich and the present day. Did you find yourself looking forward to one timeline more than the other, and why? 

5. The book blends a real historical rumor with fictional characters and plot. Did you find yourself fact-checking as you read, or afterwards? 

6. If THE MUNICH AFFAIR was adapted into a movie or television series, who would you cast as Thomas Bauer, Fritz Gerlich and Eleanor Robbins? 

7. Which supporting character did you wish had gotten more page time? 

8. Did you find the ending of THE MUNICH AFFAIR satisfying? Why or why not? 

9. If you had to describe this book to a friend in one sentence to get them to read it, what would you say? 

10. This is a James Patterson/David Ellis collaboration. Have you read other books from this writing pairing? If so, how did this one compare?