Esta serie sigue las investigaciones de un ambicioso detective de la policía de Hamburgo, que navega por las complejidades de su doble herencia cultural. Cada caso lo arrastra más profundamente en las sombras de la ciudad y en su propio pasado. Los lectores apreciarán la mezcla de elementos procesales emocionantes, profundidad psicológica y el telón de fondo cultural único escocés-alemán.
The first victim had her lungs ripped out. When another woman is found murdered in the same horrific and ritualistic way, it is clear that a serial killer is terrorising the city. But there is no evidence to link the two cases, except for a taunting email that threatens yet more killings.
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 and brutal mind. Four days later, a man and a woman are found deep in woodland, their throats slashed deep and wide, the names 'Hansel' and 'Gretel', in the same, tiny, obsessively neat writing, rolled tight and pressed into their hands. It becomes clear that each new crime is a grisly reference to folk stories collected almost two hundred years ago by the Brothers Grimm.
Two high profile victims are found murdered within 24 hours of each other. Both men have been scalped. Jan Fabel and his murder team find themselves under pressure to track down the killer. But Fabel is caught in a web of intrigue, obsession and revenge that seemingly spans sixteen centuries. He must find the crucial link to solve these murders.
The Cologne police know a woman is going to die. They know the day it will happen. And they re powerless to stop it.They call on an outside expert: Jan Fabel, head of Hamburg s Murder Squad and Germany s leading authority on serial killers. Fab
'The heavens are stained with the blood of men,As the Valkyries sing their song.'Njal's SagaJan Fabel is a troubled man. His relationships with the women in his life are becoming increasingly complicated: his partner, Susanne, is looking
Una cumbre medioambiental está a punto de celebrarse en Hamburgo cuando llega una tormenta a la ciudad que inunda sus calles por completo. Cuando las aguas bajan por fin, dejan al descubierto múltiples destrozos y algo siniestro: un cadáver decapitado.En principio, el comisario Jan Fabel cree que puede tratarse de una victima más de un violador y asesino en serie, un criminal que acosa a sus víctimas a través de las redes sociales para, después de localizarlas y matarlas, deshacerse de sus cuerpos en los canales que surcan la ciudad de Hamburgo.Sin embargo, la situación es mucho más complicada y espeluznante. La investigación de Fabel le lleva hasta una secta secreta, Pharos, cuyos adeptos creen en el fin del mundo a causa de la degeneración medioambiental y que está financiado por Dominik Korn, un billonario paralítico que vive alejado de la sociedad.
The sixth outing in the Jan Fabel crime series by award-winning author Craig Russell