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>>20163898
The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon

>Michael Gallatin, a werewolf, is a British emigrant that is a top spy for Britain during World War II. In 1942, he overtakes Rommel in North Africa and foils the Nazis plan to control the Suez Canal. This vital waterway would ensure that Nazi Germany could choke off Allied shipping and continue their march east into Russia. In 1944, the war still rages on and the Nazis are forced toward Berlin by the Soviets, but Western Europe is still in Hitler’s grip. Gallatin, in seclusion since 1942, is called back for a vital mission: the first part of the mission has him parachuting into Nazi-occupied France to retrieve vital information from an informant named Adam. Adam is in Paris under tight Gestapo security.

>Gallatin contacts Adam through a Nazi deserter called “Mouse”. He slips a note in Adams pocket that informs Adam to go to an opera at the third act, so Gallatin can receive the information. The Gestapo had followed Adam and shoot him in the head just after the information was disclosed to Michael. Michael escapes by faking suicide using cyanide; he does not swallow the pill. This fake-out allots him time to turn into a werewolf and he kills the fleeing Gestapo. Gallatin and Mouse must make their way east to Berlin, the heart of the Nazis lair, in an attempt to foil a top-secret Nazi plan, “Iron Fist”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf's_Hour

It's pretty pulpy but eminently enjoyable.

>>10151987
I heard he more or less disowned his first three novels because he did not feel they were as good as his later books so I think those would be safe to avoid.

I'll give you a quick rundown of what I'm familiar with:

The Wolf's Hour and The Hunter from the Woods if you want something fun but still scary enough to get some cheap thrills that has shapeshifters/werewolves and Nazis

Swan Song is a post apocalyptic/nuclear fallout story that is in some ways very comparable to The Stand (but is superior IMO)

Usher's Passing is a gothic mystery horror story and is intentionally very reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe

Stinger is the book version of an old school sci-fi alien invasion monster movie with an appropriate amount of gore and action

Mine is a psychological thriller about a psychopath kidnapping a baby that gets pretty intense

Blue World (as far as I know his only short story collection but I could be mistaken) has a good mix of fantasy and horror stories, some have a Twilight Zone feel to them