{"product_id":"the-silent-death-a-gereon-rath-mystery-9781250187017","title":"The Silent Death: A Gereon Rath Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE BASIS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TV SENSATION \u003ci\u003eBABYLON BERLIN\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Kutscher's] trick is ingenious...He's created a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eportrait\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e of an era through the lens of genre fiction.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolker Kutscher, author of the international bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBabylon Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, continues his Gereon Rath Mystery series with \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Silent Death\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eas a police inspector investigates the crime and corruption of a decadent 1930s Berlin in the shadows of the growing Nazi movement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarch 1930: The film business is in a process of change. Talking films are taking over the silver screen and many a producer, cinema owner, and silent movie star is falling by the wayside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated actress Betty Winter is hit by a spotlight while filming a talkie. At first it looks like an accident, but Superintendent Gereon Rath finds clues that point to murder. While his colleagues suspect the absconded lighting technician, Rath's investigations take him in a completely different direction, and he is soon left on his own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteering clear of his superior who wants him off the case, Rath's life gets more complicated when his father asks him to help Cologne mayor Konrad Adenauer with a case of blackmail, and ex-girlfriend Charly tries to renew their relationship--all while tensions between Nazis and Communists escalate to violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVOLKER KUTSCHER was born in 1962. He studied German, philosophy, and history, and worked as a newspaper editor prior to writing his first detective novel. \u003ci\u003eBabylon Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e, the start of an award-winning series of novels to feature Gereon Rath and his exploits in late Weimar Republic Berlin, was an instant hit in Germany. The series was awarded the Berlin Krimi-Fuchs Crime Writers Prize in 2011 and has sold more than one million copies worldwide and was adapted as a 12-part Netflix miniseries by Tom Tykwer (director of \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe International\u003c\/i\u003e). He lives in Cologne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNIALL SELLAR was born in Edinburgh in 1984. He studied German and translation studies in Dublin, Konstanz and Edinburgh, and has worked variously as a translator, teacher, and reader. In addition to translation work, he currently teaches modern foreign languages in Harrow. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333798629650,"sku":"9781250187017","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ecb6e137-b9d2-447f-b38f-9b1cf0ff3348.jpg?v=1727877647","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-silent-death-a-gereon-rath-mystery-9781250187017","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}