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In the shadow of the Berlin Wall, murder is never an open-and-shut case . . .
To have your debut novel featured in the WHSmith in-store chart. It's probably what every aspiring fiction writer dreams of, and for myself it was literally a dream come true, with my novel Stasi Child first featuring in a chart position, then as the choice for The Daily Telegraph's book promotion, and finally as the WHSmith Fiction Book of the Month. - Author David Young
East Berlin, 1975 - When Oberleutnant Karin Muller is called to investigate a teenage girl's body at the foot of the Wall, she imagines she's seen it all before. But when she arrives she realises this is a death like no other. It seems the girl was trying to escape - but from the West.
Muller is a member of the People's Police, but in East Germany her power only stretches so far. The Stasi want her to discover the identity of the girl, but assure her the case is otherwise closed - and strongly discourage her from asking questions.
The evidence doesn't add up, and it soon becomes clear the crime scene has been staged. But this is not a regime that tolerates a curious mind, and Muller doesn't realise that the trail she's following will lead her dangerously close to home . . .
Stunningly authentic and brimming with moral ambiguity, STASI CHILD is the thrilling debut thriller for fans of Child 44 and An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris.
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- Contributor: David Young
- Imprint: twenty7
- ISBN13: 9781785770067
- Number of Pages: 416
- Packaged Dimensions: 129x198x23mm
- Packaged Weight: 303
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: twenty7
- Release Date: 2016-02-11
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: East Yorkshire-born David Young began his East German-set crime series on a creative writing MA at London's City University when Stasi Child - his debut - won the course prize. The novel went on to win the 2016 CWA Historical Dagger, and both it and the 2017 follow-up, Stasi Wolf, were longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His novels have been sold in eleven territories round the world. Before becoming a full-time author, David was a senior journalist with the BBC's international radio and TV newsrooms for more than 25 years. He writes in his Twickenham garden shed and in a caravan on the Isle of Wight. The Stasi Game, his sixth novel, is available to pre-order now. You can follow him on Twitter @djy_writer
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