{"product_id":"goldstein","title":"Volker Kutscher: Goldstein [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEET DETECTIVE GEREON RATH IN THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE HIT TV SERIES \u003cem\u003eBABYLON BERLIN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Tough, gritty and altogether superb, \u003cem\u003eGoldstein\u003c\/em\u003e is a worthy addition to the addictive Gereon Rath series.' -William Ryan, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Constant Soldier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Volker Kutscher continues his \u003cem\u003eGereon Rath Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e series with \u003cem\u003eGoldstein\u003c\/em\u003e. Inspector Gereon Rath investigates crime and corruption in decadent 1930s Berlin as the Nazi movement grows around him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Berlin, 1931. Infamous American gangster Abraham Goldstein takes up residence at the Excelsior, Berlin's most expensive and exclusive hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eGereon Rath is assigned to keep Goldstein under surveillance as a favour to the FBI. Seeing this as a waste of his time, Rath takes on a private case for Johann Marlow, a morally dubious friend, and finds himself in the middle of a street war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Rath's on-off girlfriend, Charly, lets a young woman prisoner escape, unknowingly entangling their professional lives once more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith corruption and violence all around, Berlin is a divided city where two worlds are about to collide: the American gangsters and the expanding influence of Nazism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd both Rath and Charly are caught in the crossfire...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the \u003cem\u003eGereon Rath Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e1930s Berlin is a hotbed of vice and organised crime. When Inspector Gereon Rath leaves Cologne to join Berlin's murder squad, he cannot begin to imagine the brutality and complexity of the world he is stepping into as communists and Nazis struggle for power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kutscher, Volker \u0026 Sellar, Niall","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":49073010245971,"sku":"XG81912240128","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/kutscher-volker-goldstein-xg81912240128-57694689624403.jpg?v=1727327473","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/goldstein","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}