Carnival 1933: Gereon Rath is having a blast at the carnival in Cologne. The next morning he wakes up with a splitting headache, the wrong woman by his side, and a phone call from Berlin: The Reichstag is burning! Immediate recall of permits!
Rath "inherits" his next case from his superior, Wilhelm Bömm, who falls out of favor and is pushed to the sidelines by the Nazi police chief. The case involves a homeless man found murdered at Nollendorfplatz. The story of this man leads back to the past, specifically to March 1917, when German soldiers left scorched earth in northern France during Operation Alberich.
Rath investigates the case, but something keeps interfering with his inquiries. As for the preparations for his marriage to Charlie Ritter, it is the least of his problems.
Discover the entire series featuring Inspector Gereon Rath: *The Wet Fish *Silent Death *A gangster in Berlin *Case homeland
