The silent death /
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland : : Sandstone Press Ltd., [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 522 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781910985649; 1910985643Other title: Stumme Tod [Portion of title]Subject(s): Rath, Gereon (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Rath, Gereon (Fictitious character) | Detective and mystery stories | Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction | Germany -- BerlinGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Detective and mystery fiction. Summary: March 1930: Silent movie actress Betty Winter is killed on set after a lighting system falls on her. Talkies are destroying the careers of producers, cinema owners and stars in a world that is already bubbling with studio wars and sexual politics. Inspector Gereon Rath suspects sabotage, possibly worse. Meanwhile, the murder of a Nazi named Horst Wessel leads to street riots and Rath's relationship with Charlotte Ritter is on the rocks. Then another actress is found dead, this time with her vocal cords removed.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
Main Library | F .K975 2017 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Checked out | 03/12/2024 | 22861 |
Browsing Main Library shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| F .K962 2018 Me and me / | F .K964 1985 The unbearable lightness of being / | F .K975 2016 Babylon Berlin | F .K975 2017 The silent death / | F .L145 2017 We are okay : | F .L185 2018 The tiger flu : a novel / | F .L257 2014 Buffalo soldier / |
"A Gereon Rath mystery"--Cover.
March 1930: Silent movie actress Betty Winter is killed on set after a lighting system falls on her. Talkies are destroying the careers of producers, cinema owners and stars in a world that is already bubbling with studio wars and sexual politics. Inspector Gereon Rath suspects sabotage, possibly worse. Meanwhile, the murder of a Nazi named Horst Wessel leads to street riots and Rath's relationship with Charlotte Ritter is on the rocks. Then another actress is found dead, this time with her vocal cords removed.
Translated from the German.