Rosa
- 405 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
Rosa, reprinted with a revised cover, is the author's third novel after The Overseer and The Book of Q and is the first in the Berlin Trilogy. Shadow and Light was the second and The Second Son the third.
Berlin-TrilogieReihe
Diese Serie zeichnet die Reise eines Kriminalpolizisten nach, der sich durch die turbulente Landschaft des Berlins des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts navigiert. Beginnend im Jahr 1919 werden die Leser in die politische Intrige und die kriminelle Unterwelt des Nachkriegsdeutschlands gestürzt. Es ist eine packende Erzählung, die Themen wie Gerechtigkeit, Korruption und Widerstandsfähigkeit inmitten gesellschaftlicher Umwälzungen erforscht. Erleben Sie die Atmosphäre und Spannung einer Stadt im Wandel durch die Augen eines Mannes, der Ordnung im Chaos sucht.
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Shadow and Light
- 394 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
Set in Berlin during 1927, the story follows Kriminal-Oberkommissar Nikolai Hoffner as he investigates the suspicious death of a Ufa studio executive. Teaming up with filmmaker Fritz Lang and crime boss Alby Pimm, Hoffner delves into a dangerous underworld rife with sex, drugs, and political turmoil. The narrative explores the rise of Hitler's Brownshirts and the efforts of former monarchists to rearm Germany, creating a gripping backdrop for this electrifying thriller that captures a city on the brink of chaos.
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The Second Son
- 294 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
An Intriguing Historical Thriller Set in the Barcelona of the Spanish Civil War On the eve of Hitler’s Olympics, Chief Inspector Nikolai Hoffner, a half Jew, has been forced out of the Kriminalpolizei. Luckily, Hoffner’s focus is elsewhere. His son Georg is missing in Spain, swept up in the sudden outbreak of the civil war. He has already lost Sascha, his elder son, who is fully entrenched in the Nazi regime. But Georg is not what he appears to be, and when Hoffner discovers this, he is determined to save the one son he can. The Second Son is the eagerly awaited final installment in Jonathan Rabb’s Berlin trilogy, set between the two world wars. In Harper’s Magazine, John Leonard called the first, Rosa, “a ghostly noir that could have been conspired at by Raymond Chandler and André Malraux.” The second, Shadow and Light (2009), garnered rave reviews—in The Washington Post, Wendy Smith praised its “atmosphere” and “brilliantly plotted narrative.” Now, nearly ten years after the events of Shadow and Light, Hoffner finds himself tossed into the chaos that is Spain— where he quickly meets anarchists, Soviet and British secret agents, and a female doctor called Mila Pera—as he follows a trail of clues left by Georg. In the spirit of Joseph Kanon and Alan Furst—whose Foreign Correspondent also took place in the mountains of Spain—Rabb delivers another atmospheric work, rich with his storytelling talent and historical expertise.
