Stasi Wolf
A Karin Müller Thriller
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Publisher Description
How do you solve a murder when you can't ask any questions?
The gripping new thriller from the bestselling, award-winning author of Stasi Child.
East Germany, 1975. Karin Müller, sidelined from the murder squad in Berlin, jumps at the chance to be sent south to Halle-Neustadt, where a pair of infant twins have gone missing.
But Müller soon finds her problems have followed her. Halle-Neustadt is a new town - the pride of the communist state - and she and her team are forbidden by the Stasi from publicising the disappearances, lest they tarnish the town's flawless image.
Meanwhile, in the eerily nameless streets and tower blocks, a child snatcher lurks, and the clock is ticking to rescue the twins alive . . .
'This fast-paced thriller hooks the readers from the start' The Sun
'A masterful evocation of the claustrophobic atmosphere of communist era East Germany . . . an intricate, absorbing page-turner' Daily Express
'The perfect blend of action, suspense and excitement. This is top notch crime! I will be shouting about this book to everyone, everywhere. Northern Crime
'One of the most fascinating and original detectives in contemporary crime fiction . . . a hugely accomplished novel' (For Winter Nights)
'For me David Young has cemented his place on the bookshelf alongside my Cold War thrillers by John le Carré and Len Deighton' The Quiet Knitter
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Young's edgy sequel to 2017's Stasi Child, likewise set in East Germany in 1975, takes recently divorced, professionally marginalized Karin M ller of the People's Police from East Berlin to Halle-Neustadt, a new town intended to showcase the socialist dream, to look into the disappearance of newborn twins. Karin's inquiry is handicapped by male reluctance to accept a woman boss; the ominous Ministry of State Security (aka the Stasi), whose leaders want to hush up the whole affair; and her personal insecurities. After one baby is found dead, the case seems deadlocked. As more tiny skeletons are unearthed, flashbacks to the 1960s chart the perpetrator's gradual derangement. A new love interest for Karin and her search for her biological family provide some relief from the dismal portrayal of East Germany's repressive society. Only the gruesome finale rings false. Fans of mysteries with Cold War settings will appreciate Young's dead-on recreation of life under Communist rule.
