{"product_id":"silent-death-a-gereon-rath-mystery","title":"Silent Death: A Gereon Rath Mystery","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSilent Death: A Gereon Rath Mystery\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eVolker Kutscher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250187017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eMedia tie-in\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Silent Death: A Gereon Rath Mystery | Volker Kutscher | Paperback | 9781250187017 | Used: Very Good | Suspense \u0026 Thriller 1648203","offer_id":48358112264344,"sku":"1648203","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91lY4E2BMaL.jpg?v=1773242205","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/silent-death-a-gereon-rath-mystery","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}