{"product_id":"babylon-berlin-book-1-of-gereon-rath-mystery-series","title":"Babylon Berlin","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Volker Kutscher\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Niall Sellar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"James Ellroy fans will welcome Kutscher’s first novel and series launch, a fast-paced blend of murder and corruption sent in 1929 Berlin. Kutscher keeps the surprises coming and doesn't flinch at making his lead morally compromised.\"—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Conjures up the dangerous decadence of the Weimar years, with blood on the Berlin streets and the Nazis lurking menacingly in the wings.\"—\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gripping evocative thriller set in Berlin's seedy underworld during the roaring Twenties. A massive hit in its native Germany, Volker Kutscher's series, centered on Detective Inspector Gereon Rath, is currently being filmed for television.\"—\u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e, London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s 1929 and Berlin is the vibrating metropolis of post-war Germany―full of bars and brothels and dissatisfied workers at the point of revolt. Gereon Rath is new in town and new to the police department.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a dead man without an identity, bearing traces of atrocious torture, is discovered, Rath sees a chance to find his way back into the homicide division. He discovers a connection with a circle of oppositional exiled Russians who try to purchase arms with smuggled gold in order to prepare a coup d’état. But there are other people trying to get hold of the gold and the guns, too. Raths finds himself up against paramilitaries and organized criminals. He falls in love with Charlotte, a typist in the homicide squad, and misuses her insider’s knowledge for his personal investigations. And as he gets further entangled with the case, he never imagined becoming a suspect himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003ePicador, 2018\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 2007\u003cbr\u003e5.4 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781250187048\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Fiction, Crime, Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15436108759112,"sku":"9781250187048","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Babylon_Berlin.jpg?v=1634495721","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/babylon-berlin-book-1-of-gereon-rath-mystery-series","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}