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Today we are over the moon to launch BABYLON BERLIN by Volker Kutscher, the first in the bestselling Gereon Rath historical mystery series which inspired the hit TV show Babylon Berlin.
If you love atmospheric historical fiction or page-turning crime thrillers, then you'll LOVE this internationally acclaimed series of masterful mysteries filled with great characters and heart-stopping twists.
CLICK HERE TO BUY BABYLON BERLIN BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR VOLKER KUTSCHER FOR JUST £0.99.
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Don't miss the first in an utterly breathtaking series of internationally acclaimed crime mysteries that has sold OVER ONE MILLION COPIES worldwide — perfect for fans of Alan Furst, Philip Kerr, Simon Scarrow, Rory Clements or Alex Gerlis.
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A MILLION COPIES SOLD AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WORLDWIDE.
“Atmospheric.” Peter James
“Gripping.” Mail on Sunday
“Riveting.” Library Journal
“Splendid and chilling.” Crime Time
“Conjures up the dangerous decadence of the Weimar years.” The Sunday Times
THE WOMAN HE LOVES IS THE WOMAN WHO MAY DESTROY HIM.
Berlin, 1929.
A car crashes through fencing and plunges into the dirty brown depths of the Landwehr Canal. When the driver’s body is fished out of the water, he’s found to be wearing an expensive dinner jacket — and the mutilations to his hands show that he was incapable of driving. It’s clear he was dead before he plunged into the water, and that he had been subjected to excruciating torture.
This was no accidental death.
Detective Inspector Gereon Rath recognizes the dead man. He’d drunkenly hammered on Gereon’s door late one night the week before.
Gereon was forced to leave Cologne’s homicide division under a cloud of scandal. He sees this case and his new job in Berlin as a way to restore his reputation.
But Gereon must venture into the decadent night life of Berlin’s dangerous underworld in search of the truth. He comes to realize this case is deeper and darker than he could ever have imagined.
He also finds himself falling in love with Charlotte, a typist in the homicide squad. But his new relationship is thrown into jeopardy when Gereon uses Charlotte’s insider knowledge for his own ends.
And then Gereon himself becomes the prime suspect . . .
DISCOVER A BREATHTAKING SERIES OF CRIME MYSTERIES FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS WITH THE INTOXICATING ATMOSPHERE OF BERLIN BETWEEN THE WARS.
PRAISE FOR VOLKER KUTSCHER:
“[Kutscher's] trick is ingenious . . . He's created a portrait of an era through the lens of genre fiction.” New York Times
“Atmospheric and immersive.” Sunday Herald
“An excellent police procedural that cleverly captures the dark and dangerous period of the Weimer Republic before it slides into the ultimate evil of Nazism.” Kirkus Reviews
“A fast-paced blend of murder and corruption sent in 1929 Berlin. Kutscher keeps the surprises coming.” Publishers Weekly Starred Review
MEET THE DETECTIVE
Detective Inspector Gereon Rath is in his early thirties. Born in 1899, he joined the army at eighteen only for the war to be over before he’d fired a single shot. Transferred from Cologne’s homicide division under a cloud of scandal when he accidentally killed an innocent man, he’s recently joined Berlin’s Vice Squad, a job he detests. A stranger in a strange city, he’s an outsider, distrusted by his colleagues. He’s smart and tenacious, but incapable of following orders or getting along with his superiors. He’s begun an on-off love affair with his colleague, Charlotte Ritter, a relationship which is fraught with difficulties.
THE SETTING
Berlin in the late 1920s is a dangerous, decadent place; a corrupt and chaotic city of seedy dance bars, illegal strip clubs, brothels, gunrunning and street riots. The hyperinflation of the Weimar years has turned moral values on their head, and the police struggle to maintain law and order. The Prussian Empire has recently fallen, and Germany is sliding slowly and inexorably into the horrors of Nazism.
“Atmospheric.” Peter James
“Gripping.” Mail on Sunday
“Riveting.” Library Journal
“Splendid and chilling.” Crime Time
“Conjures up the dangerous decadence of the Weimar years.” The Sunday Times
THE WOMAN HE LOVES IS THE WOMAN WHO MAY DESTROY HIM.
Berlin, 1929.
A car crashes through fencing and plunges into the dirty brown depths of the Landwehr Canal. When the driver’s body is fished out of the water, he’s found to be wearing an expensive dinner jacket — and the mutilations to his hands show that he was incapable of driving. It’s clear he was dead before he plunged into the water, and that he had been subjected to excruciating torture.
This was no accidental death.
Detective Inspector Gereon Rath recognizes the dead man. He’d drunkenly hammered on Gereon’s door late one night the week before.
Gereon was forced to leave Cologne’s homicide division under a cloud of scandal. He sees this case and his new job in Berlin as a way to restore his reputation.
But Gereon must venture into the decadent night life of Berlin’s dangerous underworld in search of the truth. He comes to realize this case is deeper and darker than he could ever have imagined.
He also finds himself falling in love with Charlotte, a typist in the homicide squad. But his new relationship is thrown into jeopardy when Gereon uses Charlotte’s insider knowledge for his own ends.
And then Gereon himself becomes the prime suspect . . .
DISCOVER A BREATHTAKING SERIES OF CRIME MYSTERIES FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS WITH THE INTOXICATING ATMOSPHERE OF BERLIN BETWEEN THE WARS.
PRAISE FOR VOLKER KUTSCHER:
“[Kutscher's] trick is ingenious . . . He's created a portrait of an era through the lens of genre fiction.” New York Times
“Atmospheric and immersive.” Sunday Herald
“An excellent police procedural that cleverly captures the dark and dangerous period of the Weimer Republic before it slides into the ultimate evil of Nazism.” Kirkus Reviews
“A fast-paced blend of murder and corruption sent in 1929 Berlin. Kutscher keeps the surprises coming.” Publishers Weekly Starred Review
MEET THE DETECTIVE
Detective Inspector Gereon Rath is in his early thirties. Born in 1899, he joined the army at eighteen only for the war to be over before he’d fired a single shot. Transferred from Cologne’s homicide division under a cloud of scandal when he accidentally killed an innocent man, he’s recently joined Berlin’s Vice Squad, a job he detests. A stranger in a strange city, he’s an outsider, distrusted by his colleagues. He’s smart and tenacious, but incapable of following orders or getting along with his superiors. He’s begun an on-off love affair with his colleague, Charlotte Ritter, a relationship which is fraught with difficulties.
THE SETTING
Berlin in the late 1920s is a dangerous, decadent place; a corrupt and chaotic city of seedy dance bars, illegal strip clubs, brothels, gunrunning and street riots. The hyperinflation of the Weimar years has turned moral values on their head, and the police struggle to maintain law and order. The Prussian Empire has recently fallen, and Germany is sliding slowly and inexorably into the horrors of Nazism.
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