The Fatherland Files

Volker Kutscher

1932: A drowned man is found in a freight elevator in the giant pleasure palace on Potsdamer Platz, far from any standing water. Inspector Gereon Rath’s hunt for a mysterious contract killer has stalled, but this new case will take him to a small town on the Polish border and confrontation with the rising Nazi party.

RRP: £8.99
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781912240562
Publication Date: 09/05/2019
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Volker Kutscher was born in 1962. He studied German, Philosophy and History, and worked as a newspaper editor prior to writing his first detective novel. Babylon Berlin, the start of...

Reviews

‘A mystery full of twists and surprises and a classic detective you will root for all the way to the last page. Masterful.’

Michael Ridpath, author of Traitor’s Gate

‘The body count steadily mounts in Rath’s most complicated case to date.’

Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking

‘The Fatherland Files is a first-rate historical thriller and Gereon Rath is one of the most intriguing detectives in fiction.’

Paul Burke, NB Magazine

‘Highly recommended.’

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