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March 1930: Silent movie actress Betty Winter is killed on set after a lighting system falls on her. Talkies are destroying the careers of producers, cinema owners and stars in a world that is already bubbling with studio wars and sexual politics. Inspector Gereon Rath suspects sabotage, possibly worse. Meanwhile, the murder of a Nazi named Horst Wessel leads to street riots and Rath's relationship with Charlotte Ritter is on the rocks. Then another actress is found dead, this time with her vocal cords removed
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The silent death, Volker Kutscher
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- The silent death
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Volker Kutscher
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press Ltd
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 522
- ISBN10
- 1910985643
- ISBN13
- 9781910985649
- Series
- Gereon Rath Mysteries
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Politics, German Literature, Germany, Murders, Detective Fiction, Adapted for Film, Berlin, Historical Mystery, Actors and Actresses, Serial killers, Weimar Republic, Interwar Period, Cinemas, Movie Theaters, Film Industry, Silent Film
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- Der stumme Tod
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
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- March 1930: Silent movie actress Betty Winter is killed on set after a lighting system falls on her. Talkies are destroying the careers of producers, cinema owners and stars in a world that is already bubbling with studio wars and sexual politics. Inspector Gereon Rath suspects sabotage, possibly worse. Meanwhile, the murder of a Nazi named Horst Wessel leads to street riots and Rath's relationship with Charlotte Ritter is on the rocks. Then another actress is found dead, this time with her vocal cords removed