Awards
- Long-listed for CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2021
- Long-listed for CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2021 (UK)
- 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 Longlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2021 Berlin, 1933: A homeless former solider is found stabbed under the railway arches. Gereon Rath is on the case, but struggles to find clues. No one seems interested in solving the murder of a penniless veteran. Meanwhile, Rath’s fiancée Charly has been assigned the case of fifteen-year-old Hannah Singer. Hannah killed her father and six others by starting a house fire but has now been declared mentally unfit to stand trial. When a connection is discovered between Hannah and the dead ex-soldier, the two cases overlap. It’s up to Rath and Charlotte to find justice for the dead man, and for Hannah even as the Nazis continue their rise to power and the Reichstag burns. The new Germany is a frightening place, but policework must go on even through book-burning and marching, paranoia and fear.
Full Product Details
Author: Volker Kutscher ,
Niall Sellar
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Imprint: Sandstone Press Ltd
Volume: 5
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.376kg
ISBN: 9781913207045
ISBN 10: 1913207048
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 10 September 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Kutscher successfully conjures up the dangerous decadence of the Weimar years, with blood on the Berlin streets and the Nazis lurking menacingly in the wings.' -Sunday Times; 'If you like crime, historical or translated fiction, this gives you all three.' -Nicola Sturgeon; '[Babylon Berlin is a] gripping evocative thriller' -Mail on Sunday
'[Babylon Berlin is a] gripping evocative thriller' * Mail on Sunday * 'If you like crime, historical or translated fiction, this gives you all three.' -- Nicola Sturgeon 'Kutscher successfully conjures up the dangerous decadence of the Weimar years, with blood on the Berlin streets and the Nazis lurking menacingly in the wings.' * Sunday Times * Gritty and gripping; Kutscher is amaster of historical noir. -- Lin Anderson
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.
