"Berlin, 1928, the dying days of the Weimar Republic shortly before Hitler and the Nazis came to power. Bernie Gunther is a young detective working in Vice when he gets a summons from Weiss, Chief of Berlin's Criminal Police. He invites him to join KIA - Criminal Inspection A - the supervisory body for all homicide investigation. Bernie's first task is to investigate the Silesian Station killings - four prostitutes murdered in as many weeks. All of them hit over the head with a hammer and then scalped with a sharp knife." © 2025 Goodreads
