The Murderer in Ruins

Frank Stave #1

Cay Rademacher, Peter Millar

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Arcadia Books
01 November 2015

Fiction & Literature; Historical mysteries

Series: Frank Stave Investigations

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER AWARD 2016

'Undoubtedly the most powerful work of crime fiction I have read this year' Independent

'Vivid and harrowing' Sunday Times

'Police procedural, romance, thriller The Murderer in Ruins has a bit of everything and it's one hell of a read.' Bucher

Hamburg, 1947

A ruined city occupied by the British, who bombed it, experiencing the coldest winter in living memory. Food and supplies are rationed; refugees and the homeless are crammed into concrete bunkers and ramshackle huts; trade on the black market is rife. A killer is on the loose, and all attempts to find him or her have failed.

Plagued with worry about his missing son, Frank Stave is a career policeman with a tragedy in his past that is driving his determination to find the killer. With frustration and anger mounting in an already tense city, Stave is under increasing pressure to find out why - in the wake of a wave of atrocity, the grim Nazi past and the bleak attempts by his German countrymen to recreate a country from the apocalypse - someone still has the stomach for murder.

The first of a trilogy, The Murderer in Ruins vividly describes a poignant moment in British-German history, with a riveting plot that culminates in a shocking denouement.

Translated from ther German by Peter Millar

By: Cay Rademacher
Translated by: Peter Millar
Imprint: Arcadia Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781910050484
ISBN 10: 1910050482
Series: Frank Stave Investigations
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 01 November 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Murderer in Ruins: Frank Stave #1

'A riveting, detailed, historical thriller with an ending that will leave you gasping.' -- Ostthuringer Zeitung 'Police procedural, romance, thriller The Murderer in Ruins has a bit of everything and it s one hell of a read.' * Bucher * 'An extraordinarily vivid thriller set in the bitter winter of 1947 so realistic, you re as likely to experience chilblains as you are goosebumps.' * Brigette *