The wet fish / The silent death

The first two cases of the Gereon Rath bestseller series. "The Wet Fish" begins the spectacular series, in which Kutscher leads his detective Gereon Rath through the political and social upheavals of late 1920s Berlin. Rath, new to Berlin and assigned to the vice squad, experiences a metropolis in a frenzy, torn apart by social and political tensions. Uninvited, the detective intervenes in the stagnant investigation of a murder case – and stirs up a hornet's nest. Then Rath falls in love with Charly, a stenographer in the homicide department, and exploits her insider knowledge for his solitary investigations. In his second case, "The Silent Death," Gereon Rath encounters the darker sides of glamour and witnesses an industry in turmoil. March 1930: The death of an actress leads Detective Gereon Rath to the studios of the film metropolis Berlin. Betty Winter was killed by a spotlight during the filming of a sound movie. Soon, Rath discovers evidence pointing to murder. However, he stands alone with his suspicions and must investigate on his own. Until a second actress is found dead, presenting a mystery: the corpse is missing its vocal cords. Read by David Nathan: distinctive, authentic, thrilling!.