This series follows the investigations of an ambitious detective in the Hamburg police force, navigating the complexities of his dual heritage. Each case pulls him deeper into the city's dark underbelly and his own troubled past. Readers will appreciate the blend of thrilling procedural elements, psychological depth, and the unique Scottish-German cultural backdrop.
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
Jan Fabel, el Kriminalhauptkommissar de Hamburgo, creía que su relación con la muerte y el crimen había terminado. Sin embargo, cuando considera una nueva carrera fuera de la policía, un detective de Colonia le solicita ayuda para atrapar al Señor del Carnaval, un asesino en serie que ha matado durante tres años en las fiestas. Mientras tanto, María Klee, asistente de Fabel, enfrenta una crisis de ansiedad y está de baja indefinida, pero decide viajar a Colonia para cazar a un asesino aún más peligroso con quien tiene una cuenta pendiente. Además, Taras Buslenko, comandante de fuerzas especiales, está en la ciudad seleccionando miembros para una operación encubierta con el objetivo de eliminar a un criminal de gran crueldad, un compatriota exiliado en Alemania, con órdenes de no permitir que nada interfiera en su misión. Las trayectorias de estos tres personajes se cruzarán durante el Carnaval, un tiempo de caos y máscaras. Craig Russell teje una compleja red de traición, venganza, violencia y muerte, llevando a su protagonista a enfrentarse a un enemigo que parece invencible.
'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
"Jan Fabel has returned to the Hamburg murder squad to track down a horrifying killer. Just as a major environmental summit is about to start in Hamburg, there is a massive storm hitting the city. After the flood waters recede, a headless torso is found washed up. At first Jan believes this may just be another victim of a serial rapist and murderer who is stalking his victims through social network websites, then dumps their bodies in waterways around the city. But he soon discovers that the situation is far more complex and even more sinister. Fabel's investigations lead him to a secretive environmental Doomsday cult called 'Pharos', the brainchild of a reclusive, crippled billionaire, Dominik Korn. Fabel finds his skills as a policeman are being tested to their limits as he is drawn into an unfamiliar, high-tech world of cyberspace, where anyone can be anybody or anything they want. Jan quickly figures out that he is no longer the hunter, but the hunted."--Publisher
The sixth outing in the Jan Fabel crime series by award-winning author Craig Russell
