Former Munich police detective Willi Geismeier is drawn out of hiding to find a deranged serial killer.
Former Munich detective Willi Geimeiser is a wanted man. He sacrificed his career and put his life on the line by exposing a high-ranking Nazi official as a murderer, and is now in hiding in a cabin deep in the Bavarian forest.
But when his friend, Lola, is savagely attacked, Willi returns to Munich in disguise and under a new identity - Karl Juncker - determined to find the perpetrator. Meanwhile, the discovery of the body of a woman in the River Isar leads Willi's old colleague and friend, Detective Hans Bergemann, to uncover similar disturbing murders stretching back years. A serial killer who preys on young women is running loose on Munich's streets. Could they be responsible for the attack on Lola, and can Willi catch a deranged murderer before the Gestapo catches him?
Peter Steiner is the author of the critically acclaimed Louis Morgon series of crime novels. He is also a cartoonist for The New Yorker and is the creator of one of the most famous cartoons of the technological age which prompted the adage, 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.'
Title: The Constant Man: 2 (A Willi Geismeier thriller, 2)
Author: Steiner, Peter
ISBN: 9780727890740
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2021-03-31
Number of Pages: 192
Weight: 0.3601 kg
Taut . . . Steiner maintains suspense * Publishers Weekly *
A disturbing, menacing novel . . . Strongly recommended for all readers interested in this era or in a free press. Fans of Rebecca Cantrell's Hannah Vogel series will recognize the bleak atmosphere * Library Journal Starred Review of The Good Cop, September PICK OF THE MONTH *
Steiner nicely dramatizes the politics of early Weimar Germany. Readers will welcome Geismeier's further adventures * Publishers Weekly on The Good Cop *
Impressive . . . A precisely written, carefully plotted novel, all the more dramatic for its understated tone * Booklist on The Good Cop *
Steiner writes with crisp prose, using just a few crucial sentences to set a scene and unfurl the action . . . He does an excellent job of developing our empathy for each of the principal characters * Historical Novel Society on The Good Cop *