Overview
The March Fallen is the fifth book in the international bestselling series from Volker Kutscher. When a penniless veteran is found dead, no one seems interested in helping Inspector Gereon Rath solve the murder. The new Germany is a frightening place, but policework must go on even through book-burning and marching, paranoia and fear.
MEET DETECTIVE GEREON RATH IN THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE HIT TV SERIES BABYLON BERLIN‘Kutscher captures the zeitgeist with chilling accuracy.’ -The GuardianLonglisted 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.About the Gereon Rath Mysteries1930s Berlin is a hotbed of vice and organised crime. When Inspector Gereon Rath leaves Cologne to join Berlin’s murder squad, he cannot begin to imagine the brutality and complexity of the world he is stepping into as communists and Nazis struggle for power.
- | Author: Volker Kutscher, Niall Sellar
- | Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
- | Publication Date: Sep 10, 2020
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- | Language: eng
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781913207045
- | ISBN-10: 1913207048
