The Second Rider (Europa International Mysteries and Crime) - Softcover

Beer, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609454723 ISBN 13: 9781609454722

Publisher: World Noir, 2018

Synopsis

First in historical crime series by “the new star of Austrian crime fiction.” (Kronen Zeitung)

Most of the remaining population of Vienna in the ruins of World War I is surviving by its wits, living hand to mouth in a city rife with crime, prostitution, and grotesquely wounded beggars. Post-war Vienna is a deeply scarred city where the glories of the Hapsburg Empire are but a fading memory, where the black market is the only market and shortages of vital goods create countless opportunities for unscrupulous operators. 

Into this cauldron of vice comes Inspector August Emmerich, a veteran whose ambitions lead him to break the rules when necessary and whose abiding wish is to join the Viennese major crimes unit. When a corpse is found in the woods outside the city and immediately labelled a suicide, Emmerich, convinced it was nothing of the sort, sees a chance to prove his mettle. But his investigations will reveal a more insidious and homicidal urge lurking in the city than even he anticipates.

About this title

About the Authors

Alex Beer was born in Bregenz, Austria and studied archeology. She now lives in Vienna. The Second Rider is her first novel.

Tim Mohr’s published translations include novels by Wolfgang Herrndorf, Stefanie de Velasco, Charlotte Roche, and Alina Bronsky. He has collaborated on memoirs by musicians Paul Stanley, Gil Scott-Heron, and Duff McKagan.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Noir
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1609454723
• ISBN 13: 9781609454722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336