
At the Guardian Goodman tagged ten novels that "explore how the guilt and traumas of war are passed down to succeeding generations," including:

The One from the Other by Philip Kerr (2006)Read about another entry on the list.
In 1949, Bernie Gunther re-establishes himself as a private detective in Munich. In true noir mode, a femme fatale sets him on a manhunt – but Bernie’s got some SS history of his own and soon finds that he’s the hunted one. Who’s an ally in this Germany, who’s an enemy - and how do you tell the one from the other?
--Marshal Zeringue