The March Fallen
Volker Kutscher author Niall Sellar translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sandstone Press Ltd
Published:10th Sep '20
Should be back in stock very soon
Full UK marketing campaign by the Sandstone Press in-house team. LONGLISTED for CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2021.
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
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.
‘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.’
* The Sunday Times *'An evocative blend of history and fiction.’
* CrimeTime *‘Kutscher brings us another stunning, atmospheric story of pre-war Berlin...another triumph!’
* The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland *‘Chillingly set against the inexorable rise of the most evil regime in history. A thoroughly entertaining book engaging from first to last page, atmospheric and descriptive with a real sense of time and place.’
* NetGalley review *‘Kutscher captures the zeitgeist with chilling accuracy.’
* The Guardi- Winner of Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize 2011 (Germany)
- Long-listed for CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2021 (UK)
ISBN: 9781913207045
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 30mm
Weight: 376g
528 pages