Hamburg, 1947. A ruined city occupied by the British who bombed it, experiencing the coldest winter in living memory. Food is scarce; refugees and the homeless crowd into shanty towns and sheds. There is a killer on the loose, and all attempts to...
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Hamburg, 1947. A ruined city occupied by the British who bombed it, experiencing the coldest winter in living memory. Food is scarce; refugees and the homeless crowd into shanty towns and sheds. There is a killer on the loose, and all attempts to find him or her have failed. Plagued with worry about his missing son, Frank Stave is a career policeman with a tragedy in his past that is driving his determination to find the killer. With the help of his colleague Maschke from the vice squad, and Lt MacDonald from the British military, Stave has to find out why and who in the wake of a wave of at
Cover; Title Page; Contents; Translator's Note; A Cold Awakening; The Corpse with No Name; Frozen Earth; An Old Man; The Black Market; The Girl with No Name; Survivors and Missing; A Witness and a Piece of Paper; Number Four; Between Colleagues; Discovery; Signs of Life; A Letter; Names; Life Goes On; The Murderer in Ruins; Notes; Afterword; About the Author; Copyright
