Babylon Berlin (The Gereon Rath Mystery Series, Bk. 1)
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It's 1929 and Berlin is the vibrating metropolis of postwar 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.
When 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'etat. But there are other people trying to get hold of the gold and the guns too. Rath 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. As he gets further entangled with the case, he never imagines becoming a suspect himself.
When 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'etat. But there are other people trying to get hold of the gold and the guns too. Rath 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. As he gets further entangled with the case, he never imagines becoming a suspect himself.