{"product_id":"the-murderer-in-ruins-paperback","title":"The Murderer in Ruins - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCay Rademacher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER AWARD 2016\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Undoubtedly the most powerful work of crime fiction I have read this year' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid and harrowing' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Police procedural, romance, thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Murderer in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e has a bit of everything and it's one hell of a read.' \u003ci\u003eBücher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamburg, 1947\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first of a trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Murderer in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e vividly describes a poignant moment in British-German history, with a riveting plot that culminates in a shocking denouement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from ther German by Peter Millar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCay Rademacher was born in 1965 and studied Anglo-American history, ancient history, and philosophy in Cologne and Washington. He has been an editor at Geo since 1999, and was instrumental in setting up renowned history magazine Geo-Epoche. \u003ci\u003eThe Murderer in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in the Inspector Stave series; \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Murderer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Forger\u003c\/i\u003e have also been published by Arcadia Books. He now lives in France with his wife and children, where his new crime series is set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763386253600,"sku":"9781910050484","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bdb7578a8dbb02299a729f8cd09f434b.webp?v=1780234061","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-murderer-in-ruins-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}