The new detective /
Steiner, Peter, 1940-
The new detective / Peter Steiner. - 181 pages ; 23 cm. - A Willi Geismeier thriller .
Willi Geismeier thought he'd faced the worst of humanity on the battlefield in World War I, but when he returns to Munich he is drawn into an investigation that proves to be just as chilling.Munich, 1913. Twenty-year-old Willi Geismeier is showing great promise as a rookie detective in the Munich police department when he is sent to fight in World War I. After narrowly surviving the horrors of the conflict, Willi returns home, where the challenges he faces are just as grave. The Spanish flu rips through Munich with devastating consequences. Willi, now back in the police force, finds himself investigating an insurance scam, missing drugs and the mysterious death of a prisoner. Chilling links emerge between all three, and Willi finds himself facing a `scientific' killer and the rising fascists determined to stop him in his tracks . . .
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Geismeier, Willi (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Munich (Germany)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
The new detective / Peter Steiner. - 181 pages ; 23 cm. - A Willi Geismeier thriller .
Willi Geismeier thought he'd faced the worst of humanity on the battlefield in World War I, but when he returns to Munich he is drawn into an investigation that proves to be just as chilling.Munich, 1913. Twenty-year-old Willi Geismeier is showing great promise as a rookie detective in the Munich police department when he is sent to fight in World War I. After narrowly surviving the horrors of the conflict, Willi returns home, where the challenges he faces are just as grave. The Spanish flu rips through Munich with devastating consequences. Willi, now back in the police force, finds himself investigating an insurance scam, missing drugs and the mysterious death of a prisoner. Chilling links emerge between all three, and Willi finds himself facing a `scientific' killer and the rising fascists determined to stop him in his tracks . . .
9781448306428 (hbk.) : 21.99 1448306426 (hbk.) : 21.99
GBC3I9742 bnb
021234525 Uk
Geismeier, Willi (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Munich (Germany)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.