The wet fish / The silent death

The first two cases in the Gereon Rath bestseller series "The Wet Fish" marks the beginning of the spectacular series in which Kutscher takes his detective inspector Gereon Rath into the political and social upheavals in Berlin in the late 1920s.Rath, new to Berlin and seconded to the vice squad, experiences a cosmopolitan city in a frenzy, torn apart by social and political tensions. Without being asked, the detective gets involved in the stagnating investigation of a murder case - and stirs up a can of worms. Then Rath falls in love with Charly, a typist in the homicide department, and misuses her insider knowledge for his lonely investigations.In his second case, "Silent Death", Gereon Rath gets to know the dark side of glamour and experiences an industry in upheaval. March 1930: The death of an actress leads Inspector Gereon Rath to the studios of the film metropolis Berlin. Betty Winter was killed by a spotlight while shooting a sound film. Rath soon discovers evidence that points to murder. But he is alone in his suspicions and has to investigate on his own. Until a second actress is found dead and poses a mystery: The corpse is missing her vocal chords.Read by David Nathan: distinctive, authentic, exciting!