Winter of Starvation

  • Part 5 of the award-winning historical crime series (Friedrich Glauser Preis, Prix Historia) 
  • For readers of crime fiction with a contemporary history background and fans of the ‘Babylon Berlin’ series

On the “ratline” to Argentina. Inspector Oppenheimer discovers a Nazi trafficking ring 

 

In 1947, Inspector Oppenheimer of the Berlin police force is called to the scene of a crime, where there does not appear to be much to investigate. The body is that of an intruder who was surprised by the homeowner. However, Oppenheimer has doubts about how the events unfolded and these doubts are soon confirmed. When shortly after his colleague Billhardt vanishes without a trace, Oppenheimer realises the extent of the maze of betrayal and deceit he has got himself into. And the conspiracy stretches to the ranks of the criminal investigation department.

 

“‘Germania’ and ‘Odins Söhne’ (Odin’s sons) are masterpieces in crime fiction.” - Wiener Zeitung

 

"Harald Gilbers has a knack for bringing German history, during the war and afterwards, back to life." - Der Standard, Vienna

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  • Publisher: Knaur TB
  • Release: 04.05.2020
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-52183-0
  • 448 Pages
  • Series: Ein Fall für Kommissar Oppenheimer
  • Author: Harald Gilbers
Winter of Starvation
Harald Gilbers Winter of Starvation
Ronald Hansch
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Harald Gilbers

Harald Gilbers, born 1970, studied English and History in Augsburg and Munich. He was a television editor before becoming a director for the theater. "Germania", his first novel, has been awarded the Glauser Prize for the best crime debut and in 2016, the French Prix Historia for “Odins Söhne” (Odin’s Sons). Odin’s Söhne has also been shortlisted for the Festival Polar Cognac Prize for the best international novel in 2016.