MEET DETECTIVE GEREON RATH IN THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE HIT TV SERIES BABYLON BERLIN

'Tough, gritty and altogether superb, Goldstein is a worthy addition to the addictive Gereon Rath series.' -William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier

Volker Kutscher continues his Gereon Rath Mystery series with Goldstein. Inspector Gereon Rath investigates crime and corruption in decadent 1930s Berlin as the Nazi movement grows around him.

Berlin, 1931. Infamous American gangster Abraham Goldstein takes up residence at the Excelsior, Berlin's most expensive and exclusive hotel.

Gereon Rath is assigned to keep Goldstein under surveillance as a favour to the FBI. Seeing this as a waste of his time, Rath takes on a private case for Johann Marlow, a morally dubious friend, and finds himself in the middle of a street war.

Meanwhile, Rath's on-off girlfriend, Charly, lets a young woman prisoner escape, unknowingly entangling their professional lives once more.

With corruption and violence all around, Berlin is a divided city where two worlds are about to collide: the American gangsters and the expanding influence of Nazism.

And both Rath and Charly are caught in the crossfire...

About the Gereon Rath Mysteries

1930s 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.

Full UK publicity campaign by Ruth Killick Publicity.

About the Author

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 leading up to the approach of the Second World War.

Reviews

Splendid and chilling... This is as good as Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series.

* Crime Time *

'Even better than the first two... a strong storyline, set against an increasing buildup in 1930s Berlin between Nazi and communist factions.'

* The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland *

'Volker Kutscher's books following Detective Inspector Gereon Rath through Berlin are gripping thrillers set against a wonderfully evoked background of Germany in the dying days of the Weimar Republic.'

* The New European *

Tough, gritty and altogether superb, Goldstein is a worthy addition to the addictive Gereon Rath series.

* William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier *

Horrible history indeed, but this is a fascinating novel.

* Literary Review *

Wonderfully atmospheric.

* The Sunday Times *

Noir of exceptional quality... Truly entertaining and deliciously dark novel. Full marks to Sandstone Press for recognising the quality of the German original and getting the novels translated.

* Nudge-Book *

'Goldstein is maybe the best of the series so far ... like the bastard love child of Christopher Isherwood and Raymond Chandler'

* CrimeReads *



Book Information
ISBN 9781912240128
Author Volker Kutscher
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Sandstone Press Ltd
Publisher Sandstone Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 371g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 35mm