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Black ice / Hans Werner Kettenbach ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
Van Pelt Library PT2671.E77 G5713 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kettenbach, Hans Werner.
- Standardized Title:
- Glatteis. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Genre:
- Mystery fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bitter Lemon, 2005.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Summary:
- "A natural storyteller who, just like Patricia Highsmith, is interested in teasing out the catastrophes that result from the banal coincidences of daily life."-"Weltwoche
- When Erika, an attractive local heiress, falls to her death near her lakeside villa, the police conclude it was a tragic accident. Scholten, a longtime employee of Erika's, isn't so sure. He knows a thing or two about the state of her marriage and suspects an almost perfect crime. Scholten's maverick investigation into the odd, inexplicable details of the death scene soon buys him a ticket for a most dangerous ride.
- This beautifully crafted thriller, set in a European world of small-town hypocrisy, was a bestseller made into the film "Glatteis.
- ISBN:
- 1904738087
- OCLC:
- 57166066
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