Burning Cold

»One of the most intelligent and authentic German political thrillers,« wrote the dpa about Wolfgang Schorlau’s thriller Fremde Wasser.

Private investigator Georg Dengler is back again – this time he unearths a state secret…
»Look for my husband,« says Sarah Singer, taking a deep drag on her cigarette as though this were the last cigarette in the world. »My husband is ill – and dangerous.«
This is just about all she has to say at first. Georg Dengler, private investigator from Stuttgart and former special investigator with the German Criminal Office, agrees to take on the job. He is fascinated by the blonde woman. He also thinks he knows her missing husband. His photo reminds him of the great drama in his childhood which almost killed him and ruined his family.
Sarah Singer’s husband is a professional soldier. After being sent on secret missions to Afghanistan, he returns to Germany traumatised and deeply shocked. Shortly after, he disappears without a trace. Several murders occur. When Georg Dengler sets to work, he discovers that Hans-Jörg Singer is being pursued by very different levels of authority. And suddenly, he is standing in the way of powerful interests.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch eBook
  • Release: 21.09.2009
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-30009-3
  • 256 Pages
  • Series: Dengler ermittelt
  • Author: Wolfgang Schorlau
Burning Cold
Wolfgang Schorlau Burning Cold
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Wolfgang Schorlau

Wolfgang Schorlau lives and works as a freelance writer in Stuttgart. His acclaimed Dengler series, which has been adapted to the screen, now comprises 11 novels and sold 1,6 million copies. He received the German Crime Fiction Award in 2006 and the Stuttgart Crime Fiction Award in 2012 and 2014 and the Stuttgart Ebner Stolz Business Crime-Fiction Prize in 2019. Since 2020, with Claudio Caiolo, he has been co-writing the Venice crime novels featuring Comissario Morello.

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