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The Basel Killings

Hunkeler's 5th Case
Published by Diogenes as Hunkeler macht Sachen
Original Title: Hunkeler macht Sachen

In his fifth case, Hunkeler is probing deep into Switzerland’s past. It’s the end of October and the city of Basel is as grey and wet as December. With his girlfriend Hedwig away in Paris for three months, Inspector Peter Hunkeler is back in his smoke-filled favourite pub nursing a few after work beers. It’s already the early hours of the morning when he sees old Hardy on his way home. Hunkeler sits down next to him and smokes a cigarette. But Hardy, usually so eager to chat, stays uncharacteristically silent. His throat is just a gaping wound. The media and city police are in agreement: a band of Albanian smugglers are behind the murder. But that’s too easy for Hunkeler, who decides to follow a hot lead using his own methods – and is promptly suspended. He clears out his office and puts his faith in his unmistakeable psychological intuition. It leads him to Basel’s red light district and to the dark, unknown depths of Swiss history.


Crime fiction, General Fiction
288 pages
2013

978-3-257-24235-5
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»This is an absorbing story; Hansjörg Schneider paints a disturbing picture of a cruelty that has lain undiscussed behind the façade of Swiss propriety and complacency; and all the while he keeps us guessing right to the end.«

Max Easterman / The European Literature Network

»This gripping, plausible debut bodes well for future entries.«

Publishers Weekly, New York

»This is an absorbing story; Hansjörg Schneider paints a disturbing picture of a cruelty that has lain undiscussed behind the façade of Swiss propriety and complacency; and all the while he keeps us guessing right to the end.«

Max Easterman / The European Literature Network

»This gripping, plausible debut bodes well for future entries.«

Publishers Weekly, New York
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