Awards
- Winner of Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize 2011 (Germany)
Overview
MEET DETECTIVE GEREON RATH IN THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE HIT TV SERIES BABYLON BERLIN Berlin, 1932: A drowned man is found in a freight elevator, miles from any standing water. How did he get there? A series of murders by drowning has shocked Berlin. Inspector Gereon Rath’s hunt for the killer has stalled, and his personal life is as turbulent as ever. His fiancée, Charly, has at last started her probationary year with Berlin CID, experiencing all the challenges of working in a male-dominated police force. When Rath’s work on the case of the drowned man sweeps him away to a remote village on the Polish border, his investigation clashes with local myths and the growing power of the Nazi party. As he puts the pieces of the puzzle together, Rath begins to wonder if he has a serial killer on his hands. Can he catch the killer before another victim is claimed? The Fatherland Files by Volken Kutscher follows Gereon Rath once again through the tangled web of corruption and political tension lingering in the underworld of Weimar Germany, this time threatening to shed light on the shadows of his past... Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Philip Kerr, Martin Cruz Smith, Alan Furst, Tom Rob Smith, Joseph Kanon and David Downing.
Full Product Details
Author: Volker Kutscher ,
Niall Sellar
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Imprint: Sandstone Press Ltd
Volume: 4
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.412kg
ISBN: 9781912240562
ISBN 10: 1912240564
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 09 May 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: German
Reviews
'A mystery full of twists and surprises and a classic detective you will root for all the way to the last page. Masterful.' -- Michael Ridpath, author of Traitor's Gate 'The body count steadily mounts in Rath's most complicated case to date.' -- Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking 'The Fatherland Files is a first-rate historical thriller and Gereon Rath is one of the most intriguing detectives in fiction.' -- Paul Burke * NB Magazine * 'Highly recommended.' * Crime Time *
Author Information
Volker Kutscher was born in 1962 in Lindlar, West Germany. He is the author of the enormously successful Gereon Rath crime series which, in addition to compelling narrative, is notable for its scrupulous accuracy on Germany in the years between its beginning in 1927 and the approach to the Second World War. The series was awarded the Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize in 2011, has sold over one million copies worldwide, and is now a critically acclaimed TV show. Volker Kutscher works as a full-time author and lives in Cologne.
