Stasi 77: The breathless Cold War thriller by the author of Stasi Child

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Stasi 77: The breathless Cold War thriller by the author of Stasi Child
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Young
SeriesThe Oberleutnant Karin Muller series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
Espionage and spy thriller
Military history
Second world war
ISBN/Barcode 9781785767142
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Zaffre
Imprint Zaffre
Publication Date 18 April 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A secret State. A dark conspiracy. A terrible crime. Karin Muller of the German Democratic Republic's People's Police is called to a factory in the east of the country. A man has been murdered - bound and trapped as a fire burned nearby, slowly suffocating him. But who is he? Why was he targeted? Could his murderer simply be someone with a grudge against the factory's nationalisation, as Muller's Stasi colleagues insist? Why too is her deputy Werner Tilsner behaving so strangely? As more victims surface, it becomes clear that there is a cold-blooded killer out there taking their revenge. Soon Muller begins to realise that in order to solve these terrible crimes, she will need to delve into the region's dark past. But are the Stasi really working with her on this case? Or against her? For those who really run this Republic have secrets they would rather remain uncovered. And they will stop at nothing to keep them that way... A gripping and evocative crime thriller, moving between the devastating closing weeks of the Second World War and the Stasi-controlled 1970s, Stasi 77 is David Young's most compelling and powerful novel yet.

Author Biography

East Yorkshire-born David Young began his East German-set crime series on a creative writing MA at London's City University when Stasi Child - his debut - won the course prize. The novel went on to win the 2016 CWA Historical Dagger, and both it and the 2017 follow-up, Stasi Wolf, were longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His novels have been sold in eleven territories round the world. Before becoming a full-time author, David was a senior journalist with the BBC's international radio and TV newsrooms for more than 25 years. He writes in his Twickenham garden shed and in a caravan on the Isle of Wight. You can follow him on Twitter @djy_writer

Reviews

The series continues to entertain, with a gutsy protagonist fighting a sinister obstructive bureaucracy which can be relied upon to impose maximum opposition * CrimeReview.co.uk *