Nighttime at Ascanian Square
Fiction, Thriller / Crime, Historical Novels
Berlin, 1928. A dead man is found in the shed behind the Ascanian High School, which is located right next door to the variete and sensationalist theater, The Cabaret of Evil. Here the theater owner puts his severe facial injuries from the war on shocking display. Shortly before the body is discovered, a distraught young Russian woman is seen at the theater, searching for a man named Fjodor. Does the key to the mystery around the cabaret lie in the Scheune neighborhood, where Russian emigrants live in very cramped conditions? Once again, Leo Wechsler’s investigations introduce him to an array of little-known faces around his city.
- A historical Berlin crime novel, richly atmospheric
- The 6th title in the successful Inspector Leo Wechsler series
- Total dtv sales for the Leo Wechsler series: 130,000 copies
Susanne Goga was born in 1967. She studied literary translation in Düsseldorf and has been translating as a freelance from English and French since 1995.
Berlin, 1928. A dead man is found in the shed behind the Ascanian High School, which is located right next door to the variete and sensationalist theater, The Cabaret of Evil. Here the theater owner puts his severe facial injuries from the war on shocking display. Shortly before the body is discovered, a distraught young Russian woman is seen at the theater, searching for a man named Fjodor. Does the key to the mystery around the cabaret lie in the Scheune neighborhood, where Russian emigrants live in very cramped conditions? Once again, Leo Wechsler’s investigations introduce him to an array of little-known faces around his city.
- A historical Berlin crime novel, richly atmospheric
- The 6th title in the successful Inspector Leo Wechsler series
- Total dtv sales for the Leo Wechsler series: 130,000 copies