Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781785765469
Publisert
2020-01-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Zaffre
Vekt
269 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368
Forfatter
Biographical note
East Yorkshire-born David Young began his East German-set crime series on a creative writing MA at London's City University when Stasi Child - his debut - won the course prize. The novel went on to win the 2016 CWA Historical Dagger, and both it and the 2017 follow-up, Stasi Wolf, were longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His novels have been sold in eleven territories round the world. Before becoming a full-time author, David was a senior journalist with the BBC's international radio and TV newsrooms for more than 25 years. He writes in his Twickenham garden shed and in a caravan on the Isle of Wight. The Stasi Game, his sixth novel, is available to pre-order now. You can follow him on Twitter @djy_writer
IN EAST GERMANY, SOLVING A MURDER CAN GET YOU KILLED . . .A gripping and intelligent thriller set in East Germany, during the worst winter in one-hundred years. Perfect for fans of Tom Rob Smith, Phillip Kerr and Joseph Kanon.____________________________________In 1978 East Germany, nothing is as it seems. The state's power is absolute, history is re-written, and the 'truth' is whatever the Stasi say it is.So when a woman's murder is officially labelled 'accidental death', Major Karin Müller of the People's Police is faced with a dilemma. To solve the crime, she must disregard the official version of events. But defying the Stasi means putting her own life - and the lives of her young family - in danger.As the worst winter in living memory holds Germany in its freeze, Müller must untangle a web of state secrets and make a choice: between truth and lies, justice and injustice, and, ultimately, life and death.Stunningly authentic and brimming with moral ambiguity, Stasi Winter is the thrilling new novel from the award-winning author of Stasi Child.____________________________________Praise for David Young:'Excellent' The Times'Thrilling' William Ryan'Masterful' Daily Express'Fast-paced' The Sun'Superb. Reminded me of Robert Harris at his best' Mason Cross'Up there with Martin Cruz Smith and the other greats of the field' Abir Mukherjee
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A suspenseful and gripping crime thriller set in East Germany, from the bestselling author of Stasi Child.
an adventure on the ice with plenty of twists and turns...At the centre, Karin Muller makes a great protagonist, achieving great results notwithstanding the vice-like grip of the state
A detective must risk her life to find the truth in 1978 East Germany, in the new crime thriller by the award-winning author of Stasi Child - for fans of Tom Rob Smith and Philip Kerr.
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Stasi Child was the winner of the Crime Writers' Association Endeavour Historical Dagger 2016, and Stasi Wolf was longlisted for the CWA Crime Novel of the Year 2017.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781785765469
Publisert
2020-01-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Zaffre
Vekt
269 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
368
Forfatter