Death In The Rubble

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  • A new king of crime is seizing power: Case 7 for Inspector Oppenheimer!
  • Total German language sales of Harald Gilbers: over 150,000 copies
  • For fans of Volker Kutscher, Robert Harris and Babylon Berlin

Inspector Oppenheimer chases the Al Capone of Berlin

 

Berlin 1949: The crime rate is rising quickly; as a result Inspector Oppenheimer is not particularly surprised when first one and then another two bodies are discovered on a rubble site. All three men had been brutally murdered. From a contact in the underworld, he discovers that a youth named Jo is trying to become the king of criminals and using Al Capone as his role model. Those who oppose him and his gang are playing with their lives.

 

“Historically very accurate, atmospheric and also uncommonly exciting.” - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung online

 

 “Harald Gilbers brings German history to life, both during the war and after.” - Der Standard

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  • Publisher: Knaur TB
  • Release: 13.01.2023
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-52689-7
  • 432 Pages
  • Series: Ein Fall für Kommissar Oppenheimer
  • Author: Harald Gilbers
Death In The Rubble
Harald Gilbers Death In The Rubble
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.

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