A Summer of Murder, 9780857057402
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Black Forest idyll burns, secrets explode, and a killer hides.

A Summer of Murder

a black forest investigation ii

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    10 June 2019

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Summary

A Summer of Secrets and Smoke: A Black Forest Investigation

It has been a long, dry summer in the Black Forest idyll of Kirchzarten. When the local fire brigade is called to a burning farm shed, a volunteer is killed as a weapons cache beneath it explodes. The small community is shocked to the core. Louise Boni, back with Freiburg Kripo after a period of withdrawal, is assigned to the task force dealing with the case.

The meager evidence they gather points to a possible conn…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857057402
ISBN-10:0857057405
Series:The Black Forest Investigations
Author:Oliver Bottini, Jamie Bulloch
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:MacLehose Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:10 June 2019
Weight:259g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 26mm
What They're Saying

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

Its plot bristles with invention - Guardian

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

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

Tension without brutality, local colour without small-minded sentimentality, good, intelligent reading with depth - Handelsblatt

It’s been a long time since any crime author started out so strongly, so visually - Die Zeit

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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