Stasi Winter
The gripping Cold War crime thriller
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3.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
IN EAST GERMANY, SOLVING A MURDER CAN GET YOU KILLED . . .
A gripping and intelligent thriller set in East Germany, during the worst winter in one-hundred years. Perfect for fans of Tom Rob Smith, Phillip Kerr and Joseph Kanon.
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In 1978 East Germany, nothing is as it seems. The state's power is absolute, history is re-written, and the 'truth' is whatever the Stasi say it is.
So when a woman's murder is officially labelled 'accidental death', Major Karin Müller of the People's Police is faced with a dilemma. To solve the crime, she must disregard the official version of events. But defying the Stasi means putting her own life - and the lives of her young family - in danger.
As the worst winter in living memory holds Germany in its freeze, Müller must untangle a web of state secrets and make a choice: between truth and lies, justice and injustice, and, ultimately, life and death.
Stunningly authentic and brimming with moral ambiguity, Stasi Winter is the thrilling new novel from the award-winning author of Stasi Child.
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Praise for David Young:
'Excellent' The Times
'Thrilling' William Ryan
'Masterful' Daily Express
'Fast-paced' The Sun
'Superb. Reminded me of Robert Harris at his best' Mason Cross
'Up there with Martin Cruz Smith and the other greats of the field' Abir Mukherjee
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1978, Young's strong fifth mystery featuring detective Karen M ller (after 2019's Stasi 77) finds M ller applying for a teaching job, having resigned as the head of the Serious Crimes Department of the People's Police in East Berlin more than a year earlier. Her former boss, however, informs her he never accepted her resignation, and if she wants the pay that has been accruing and to remain in an apartment big enough for her family, she must return to duty. M ller accedes to the extortionate demand, and is sent to the island of R gen to look into the case of an unidentified woman who died from exposure during a snowstorm. She soon learns that the dead woman, whom she recognizes from a previous case, was administered a paralytic agent before being left outdoors to freeze to death while still conscious. As usual, Young excels at conveying the feel of living in a surveillance state, where anyone is capable of betrayal, and effectively combines thriller and whodunit plotlines. Despite the revelation of the killer's identity at an unexpected juncture, readers will keep turning pages. Fans of good cops serving bad regimes will be pleased.
