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Description edit
Murder is no fairy tale!
A girl's body lies, posed, on the pale sand of a Hamburg beach, a message concealed in her hand. 'I have been underground, and now it is time for me to return home...' Jan Fabel, of the Hamburg murder squad, struggles to interpret the twisted imagery of a dark... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Herr Fabel: Add a description of this character.
- Hanna
- Herr Olsen
- Maria
- Werner
- Susanne
- Paula Ehlers
- Gerhard Weiss
- Laura Von Klosterstadt
- Moller
- Herr Biedermeyer
- Herr Fendrich
- Henk Hermann
- Anna Wolff
- Klatt
- Martha Schmidt
- Vera Schiller
- Jacob Grimm
- Max
- Herr Kriminalhauptkommissar
- Holger Brauner
- Wilhelm
- Frau Ehlers
- Otto
- Markus Schiller
- Ganz
- Bernd
- Frau Wallenstein
- Rapunzel
- Gabi
- Van Heiden
- Ulrike Schmidt
- Frau Schiller
- Peter
- Leo
Quotes edit
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“It is in our nature to guise our evil as something extraordinary or something different: books and films about aliens, sharks, vampires, ghosts, witches. The fact of the matter is that there is one beast that is more dangerous, more predatory, than any other in the history of nature. Us. The human being is not only the planet's top predator, it is the only creature that kills for the sheer pleasure of it, for sexual satisfaction or as organised groups to satisfy abstract concepts of religious, political or social dogma. There is nothing more deadly or menacing than the ordinary man or woman in the street.”
Gerhard Weiss
Setting & Locations edit
- Hamburg
- Germany
- Kassel
- Mordkommission
- Norderstedt
- Buxtehude
- Naturpark
- Blankenese
- Europe
- Rechtsmedizin
- Norddeich
- Hessen
First Sentence edit
Fabel stroked her cheek gently with his gloved hand.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 5 in Jan Fabel. (standard series)
Preceded by Blood Eagle, and followed by Eternal : A Killer Lives Again.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Craig Russell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hutchinson
Country: England
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0091796946
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Hutchinson
Country: England
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0091796946
Page Count: 384
Awards edit
- Duncan Lawrie Dagger (Finalist, 2007)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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