Shadow and Light

Berlin, 1927. When a studio executive at Ufa -- the home of German Cinema -- is found dead in his office bathtub, Herr Kriminal-Oberkommissar Nikolai Hoffner is determined to uncover the truth behind what he firmly believes is murder. With the help of Fritz Lang and Alby Pimm, the leader of the most powerful crime syndicate in Berlin, Hoffner finds his case taking him beyond the world of film and into the far more treacherous landscape of Berlin's sex and drug trade, the rise of Hitler's Brownshirts, and the even more astonishing attempts by onetime monarchists to rearm a post-Versailles Germany. Jonathan Rabb's Shadow and Light is an electrifying thriller set in a darkly beautiful Berlin poised on the edge of destruction.

Author: Jonathan Rabb
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 03/30/2010
Pages: 383
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780312429416

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/28/2010 pg. 22

About the Author
Jonathan Rabb is the author of the novels Rosa, The Overseer, and The Book of Q. He lives in New York with his wife and two children.