The Dance of Death by Oliver Bottini - ISBN: 9780857057686
Hardcover
Impossible ultimatums, ruthless criminals, and Balkan trauma: deadly dance begins.

The Dance of Death

A Black Forest Investigation III

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  • Hardcover

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    11 July 2019

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Summary

The third in the Black Forest Investigations series - by CWA shortlisted author

One wet and misty weekend in October, the Niemann family find a stranger in their garden. He is armed and tries to force his way into the house, but disappears as soon as the police are alerted. That night he’s back with an impossible ultimatum …

Freiburg detective Louise Boni and her colleagues are put under enormous pressure. Traces of evidence lead her to a no-man’s-land, and to…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857057686
ISBN-10:0857057685
Author:Oliver Bottini, Jamie Bulloch
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:MacLehose Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:11 July 2019
Weight:560g
Dimensions:236mm x 160mm x 40mm
Series:The Black Forest Investigations
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Critics Review

Oliver Bottini, one of the few German authors who play in crime-writing’s premier league , really knows how to tell a good story

Oliver Bottini is a terrific storyteller and he evokes his setting - the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest - with skill - Sunday Express

Bottini’s novels are infused with his knowledge of the darker corners of European history, showing its impact decades after the horrific events that drive his plots. - Sunday Times.

The real pleasure with The Dance of Death is the artfully structured narrative that Bottini presents; he is always able to surprise the reader, even those who feel that there is nothing in the crime-fiction genre that they have not read before. - Euro Lit Network.

If you are a fan of the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo or the Icelandic trilogy written by Lilja Sigurdardottir then I recommend that you add the Black Forest Investigations to your reading list … - A Literary Addict

Heavily atmospheric and wittily subtle in its treatment of belonging … If you’re a fan of Jo Nesbo, Stefan Ahnehm, Yrsa Siguroardottir then this book is definitely for you … - VelvetReads

A piercing examination of our reality … Bottini uses the full potential of the genre to look deep into humanity’s abyss and sees there the concealed traumas of German society - Die Zeit

Louise Boni is back, without doubt our favourite female detective - Die Welt

Oliver Bottini, one of the few German authors who play in crime-writing’s premier league, really knows how to tell a good story - Frankfurter Rundschau

About The Author

Oliver Bottini

Oliver Bottini was born in 1965. Five of his novels, including ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER and A SUMMER OF MURDER of the Black Forest Investigations have been awarded the Deutscher Krimipreis, Germany’s most prestigious award for crime writing. ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER was shortlisted for the 2018 CWA International Dagger. He lives in Frankfurt.

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