A Summer of Murder

A Black Forest Investigation II

Oliver Bottini, Jamie Bulloch

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MacLehose Press
23 August 2018

Crime & Mystery; Fiction in translation

Series: The Black Forest Investigations

"The second of the Black Forest Investigations - ""Its plot bristles with invention"" Guardian

It has been a long dry summer in the Black Forest idyll of Kirchzarten. When

the local fire brigade is called to a burning farm shed, a volunteer is

killed as a weapons cache beneath it explodes. The small community is

shocked to the core. Louise Boni, back with Freiburg Kripo after a period

of withdrawal, is assigned to the task force dealing with the case.

The meagre

evidence they gather points to a possible connection with German neo-Nazis

or illegal arms dealers from the former Yugoslavia, but the appearance of

secret service agents marking out the forest suggests more is at

stake. Acting as her partner in the case is Thomas Ilic, whose allegiances are as conflicted as Boni's.

Who is in fact working

for whom? In the most challenging case of her career - and one that puts

her in mortal danger - Boni must to overcome the ghosts of her past that continue

to haunt her.

Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction;

the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his

beautifully crafted mysteries.

Praise for ZEN

AND THE ART OF MURDER - now shortlisted for the CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER:

""Surprising and genuinely shocking"" Joan Smith, Sunday Times

""Gripping"" Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler

""An atmospheric, original story that will keep you hooked to the final heart-rending revelations"" Crime Review

Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch"

By: Oliver Bottini
Translated by: Jamie Bulloch
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9780857057679
ISBN 10: 0857057677
Series: The Black Forest Investigations
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 23 August 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Oliver Bottini was born in 1965. Five of his novels, including ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER and A SUMMER OF MURDER of the Black Forest Investigations have been awarded the Deutscher Krimipreis, Germany's most prestigious award for crime writing. ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER was shortlisted for the 2018 CWA International Dagger. He lives in Frankfurt. www.bottini.de.

Reviews for A Summer of Murder: A Black Forest Investigation II

Its plot bristles with invention -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian * It's been a long time since any crime author started out so strongly, so visually * Die Zeit * Tension without brutality, local colour without small-minded sentimentality, good, intelligent reading with depth * Handelsblatt * Oliver Bottini, one of the few German authors who play in crime-writing's premier league, really knows how to tell a good story * Frankfurter Rundschau *